AnAge entry for Caracal caracal
Classification (HAGRID: 02107)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Caracal
- Species
- Caracal caracal
- Common name
- Caracal
- Synonyms
- Lynx caracal, Felis caracal
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 20.3 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One wild born female was about 20.3 years old when she died in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 456 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 456 days
- Gestation
- 74 days
- Weaning
- 122 days
- Litter size
- 3 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- 365 days
- Weight at birth
- 165 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 16,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.0096 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
- Maximum longevity residual
- 94%
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)
- [1142] Kohler et al. (2006), Comparative mortality levels among selected species of captive animals
- [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
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
- [0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
- [0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
External Resources
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- ITIS 552775
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- Taxonomy ID 61394
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