AnAge entry for Lama guanicoe
Classification (HAGRID: 02008)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Camelidae
Genus: Lama
- Species
- Lama guanicoe
- Common name
- Guanaco
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 33.7 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- High
- Observations
These animals can live up to 33.7 years in zoos [0671]. The guanaco is considered by some authors as a subspecies of the llama (Lama glama) since domesticated llamas are descended from the wild guanaco.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Gestation
- 335 days
- Weaning
- 345 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 0.5
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 11,500 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 127,500 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 114%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 311ºK or 38.0ºC or 100.4ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- Not yet available
References
- [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
- [1002] de Lamo et al. (2001), Sweating in the guanaco (Lama guanicoe) (PubMed)
- [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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 625029
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 9840
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