AnAge entry for Prionailurus planiceps
Classification (HAGRID: 01786)
- Taxonomy
-
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Prionailurus
- Species
- Prionailurus planiceps
- Common name
- Flat-headed cat
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 14 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One wild born specimen was about 14 years old when it died in captivity [0671]. Maximum longevity could be slightly underestimated, though, because similar species appear to live slightly longer.
Life history traits (averages)
- No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
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
- [0730] Smith et al. (2003), Body mass of late Quaternary mammals
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 621873
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 61403
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
- Search Google