AnAge entry for Herpestes edwardsi
Classification (HAGRID: 02148)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Carnivora
Family: Herpestidae
Genus: Herpestes
- Species
- Herpestes edwardsi
- Common name
- Indian gray mongoose
- Synonyms
- Herpestes edwardsii
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 12.3 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One specimen lived 12.3 years in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 311 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 59 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 2.6 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 3.3
- Inter-litter interval
- 110 days
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 1,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 87%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1308] Myhrvold et al. (2015), An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles
- [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
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
External Resources
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- ITIS 726266
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