AnAge entry for Vulpes pallida
Classification (HAGRID: 02097)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Vulpes
- Species
- Vulpes pallida
- Common name
- Pale fox
- Synonyms
- Canis pallidus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 16 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In the wild, these animals may live up to 10 years [0542]. One male specimen lived 16 years in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 313 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 274 days
- Gestation
- 52 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 4 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 75 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 2,800 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 97%
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
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
- [0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 621863
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