AnAge entry for Vicugna pacos
Classification (HAGRID: 02009)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Camelidae
Genus: Vicugna
- Species
- Vicugna pacos
- Common name
- Alpaca
- Synonyms
- Lama pacos
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 25.8 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- High
- Observations
These animals can live up to 25.8 years in zoos [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 432 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 500 days
- Gestation
- 345 days
- Weaning
- 213 days
- Litter size
- 1.04 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 7,210 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 62,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 97%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 312ºK or 39.1ºC or 102.4ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- Not yet available
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [1001] Heath et al. (2001), A comparison of surface and rectal temperatures between sheared and non-sheared alpacas (Lama pacos) (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 898279
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 30538
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