AnAge entry for Priodontes maximus
Classification (HAGRID: 02444)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Cingulata
Family: Dasypodidae
Genus: Priodontes
- Species
- Priodontes maximus
- Common name
- Giant armadillo
- Synonyms
- Priodontes giganteus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 15 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In the wild, these animals are estimated to live up to 15 years [0434]. Their longevity in captivity might be slightly longer with one animal estimated to be around 15-16 years old when it died in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 320 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 320 days
- Gestation
- 122 days
- Weaning
- 35 days
- Litter size
- 1.5 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 62.15 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 33,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 62%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 307ºK or 33.6ºC or 92.5ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 16.8920 W
- Body mass
- 45190.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.000374 W/g
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology
- [0420] White and Seymour (2003), Mammalian basal metabolic rate is proportional to body mass2/3 (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 624904
- Animal Diversity Web
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 183752
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