AnAge entry for Otocyon megalotis
Classification (HAGRID: 02087)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Otocyon
- Species
- Otocyon megalotis
- Common name
- Bat-eared fox
- Synonyms
- Canis megalotis
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 17 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
They are full grown in half a year [0434]. One wild caught specimen was about 17 years old when it died in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 68 days
- Weaning
- 105 days
- Litter size
- 4 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 2
- Inter-litter interval
- 182 days
- Weight at birth
- 122 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 4,150 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 97%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0817] Bielby et al. (2007), The fast-slow continuum in mammalian life history: an empirical reevaluation (PubMed)
- [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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 183835
- Animal Diversity Web
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 9624
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