AnAge entry for Nasua narica
Classification (HAGRID: 01895)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Carnivora
Family: Procyonidae
Genus: Nasua
- Species
- Nasua narica
- Common name
- White-nosed coati
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 26.4 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
They reach adult growth in 1.2 years. In captivity, these animals have lived for 26.4 years [0671].
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
- 312ºK or 38.6ºC or 101.5ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 6.7330 W
- Body mass
- 3670.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.001835 W/g
References
- [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
- [0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology
- [0420] White and Seymour (2003), Mammalian basal metabolic rate is proportional to body mass2/3 (PubMed)
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
- [0538] Don Wilson and Sue Ruff (1999), The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals
- [0620] Gompper (1995), Nasua narica
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 552462
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 352831
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