AnAge entry for Proechimys brevicauda
Classification (HAGRID: 02964)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Genus: Proechimys
- Species
- Proechimys brevicauda
- Common name
- Andean spiny rat, or Short-tailed spiny-rat
- Synonyms
- Proechimys bolivianus, Proechimys gularis
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 6.8 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 148 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 64 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 285 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 58%
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
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0730] Smith et al. (2003), Body mass of late Quaternary mammals
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 584831
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
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