AnAge entry for Galidia elegans

Classification (HAGRID: 01757)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Carnivora
                Family: Eupleridae
                    Genus: Galidia
Species: Galidia elegans
Common name: Ring-tailed mongoose

Maximum longevity: 26 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Small
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: One wild born animal was about 26 years old when it died in captivity [0434].

: No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.

No information on metabolism is available.

[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
[0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves