The language under Handle Animal is unclear as to specifically how long it takes to raise an animal from infancy to domestication.
The wording specifically states that reared animals can be taught tricks as they're reared; so would training a wild animal for a General Purpose be considered the amount of time it takes to rear an animal?
as a refereance:
To rear an animal means to raise a wild creature from infancy so that it becomes domesticated. A handler can rear as many as three creatures of the same kind at once.
A successfully domesticated animal can be taught tricks at the same time it’s being raised, or it can be taught as a domesticated animal later.
Also, how would Cavalier's Expert Trainer class ability interact with Rearing a Wild Animal?
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The wording specifically states that reared animals can be taught tricks as they're reared; so would training a wild animal for a General Purpose be considered the amount of time it takes to rear an animal?
Rearing takes however long the animal in question takes to mature - by definition you're raising an animal from infancy to adulthood. Teaching it tricks doesn't take any extra time because you teach as it grows, but that doesn't mean that rearing takes the same amount of time as training.
Also, how would Cavalier's Expert Trainer class ability interact with Rearing a Wild Animal?
You get a bonus on the check, but it doesn't reduce time - it only affects the time necessary to teach/train an animal, it doesn't make them grow up faster.
Note: I think you're going to have to rely on GM judgment for how long some creatures take to rear. You can usually look up maturation times for RL animals, but not everything in the bestiary is going to have a source for that info.