AnAge entry for Galea musteloides

Classification (HAGRID: 02861)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Rodentia
                Family: Caviidae
                    Genus: Galea
Species: Galea musteloides
Common name: Common yellow-toothed cavy

Maximum longevity: 3.5 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Small
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: One captive specimen lived for 3.5 years [0671]. Nonetheless, maximum longevity could be underestimated.

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[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