AnAge entry for Cabassous unicinctus
Classification (HAGRID: 02436)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Cingulata
Family: Dasypodidae
Genus: Cabassous
- Species
- Cabassous unicinctus
- Common name
- Southern naked-tailed armadillo
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Little is known about the longevity and reproduction of these animals, but one specimen lived 7.5 years in captivity [0671]. Their maximum longevity could be underestimated, though.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 100 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 3,500 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [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
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 624894
- Animal Diversity Web
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- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 48852
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