AnAge entry for Marmota caligata

Classification (HAGRID: 03139)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Rodentia
                Family: Sciuridae
                    Genus: Marmota
Species: Marmota caligata
Common name: Hoary marmot
Synonyms: Arctomys caligata, Marmotta caligata

Maximum longevity: 12.1 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Small
Data quality: Questionable
Observations: One wild born specimen was about 12.1 years old when it died in captivity [0671]. Maximum longevity could be underestimated, though.

No information on metabolism is available.

[0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
[0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
[0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
[0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction