AnAge entry for Speothos venaticus
Classification (HAGRID: 02088)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Speothos
- Species
- Speothos venaticus
- Common name
- Bush dog
- Synonyms
- Cynogale venatica
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 14.1 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In captivity, these animals have lived up to 14.1 years of age [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 304 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Gestation
- 68 days
- Weaning
- 101 days
- Litter size
- 4 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 2
- Inter-litter interval
- 249 days
- Weight at birth
- 160 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 6,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 76%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [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
- [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 183829
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 68741
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