AnAge entry for Myocastor coypus
Classification (HAGRID: 02731)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Myocastoridae
Genus: Myocastor
- Species
- Myocastor coypus
- Common name
- Nutria
- Synonyms
- Myocaster coypus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 19 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 1306
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One zoo specimen lived for 19 years [1306].
Life history traits (averages)
- No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 308ºK or 34.6ºC or 94.3ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- Not yet available
References
- [1032] McNab (2008), An analysis of the factors that influence the level and scaling of mammalian BMR (PubMed)
- [0776] Seluanov et al. (2007), Telomerase activity coevolves with body mass not lifespan (PubMed)
- [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
- [0441] William Burt et al. (1998), A Field Guide to Mammals
- [0676] Purvis and Harvey (1995), Mammal life-history evolution: a comparative test of Charnov's model
- [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
- [0520] Philip Altman and Dorothy Dittmer (1962), Growth including reproduction and morphological development
- [1306] Variation in actuarial senescence does not reflect life span variation across mammals (PubMed)
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 180402
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 10157
- Entrez
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