AnAge entry for Procavia capensis

Classification (HAGRID: 02226)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Hyracoidea
                Family: Procaviidae
                    Genus: Procavia
Species: Procavia capensis
Common name: Rock hyrax

Maximum longevity: 14.8 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Medium
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: In the wild, animals have been reported to live for 8.5 years [0434]. One captive specimen lived for 14.8 years [0671].

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

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[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
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[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
[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