AnAge entry for Urocyon littoralis
Classification (HAGRID: 02090)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Urocyon
- Species
- Urocyon littoralis
- Common name
- Island gray fox
- Synonyms
- Vulpes littoralis
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Longevity has not been studied in detail in these animals. Nonetheless, one captive animal lived for 10.5 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 52 days
- Weaning
- 61 days
- Litter size
- 2.6 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- 365 days
- Weight at birth
- 100 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 1,891 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [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
- [0538] Don Wilson and Sue Ruff (1999), The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 180610
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- Taxonomy ID 244585
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