AnAge entry for Helogale parvula

Classification (HAGRID: 01799)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Carnivora
                Family: Herpestidae
                    Genus: Helogale
Species: Helogale parvula
Common name: Dwarf mongoose

Maximum longevity: 20 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 1306
Sample size: Large
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: In the wild these animals live up to 13 years (Peter Waser, pers. comm.). One captive specimen lived for 20 years [1306].

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

No information on metabolism is available.

[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
[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
[1306] Variation in actuarial senescence does not reflect life span variation across mammals (PubMed)