AnAge entry for Tayassu pecari
Classification (HAGRID: 02064)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Tayassuidae
Genus: Tayassu
- Species
- Tayassu pecari
- Common name
- White-lipped peccary
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 28.5 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One wild born specimen was still alive in captivity aged at least 28.5 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 548 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 548 days
- Gestation
- 158 days
- Weaning
- 50 days
- Litter size
- 2 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 700 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 22,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 126%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 312ºK or 38.5ºC or 101.3ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- Not yet available
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [1010] Selmi et al. (2003), Chemical restraint of peccaries with tiletamine/zolazepam and xylazine or tiletamine/zolazepam and butorphanol (PubMed)
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [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
- [0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 552762
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 30535
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