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AnAge entry for Ailuropoda melanoleuca

Classification (HAGRID: 02596)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Carnivora
                Family: Ursidae
                    Genus: Ailuropoda
SpeciesAiluropoda melanoleuca
Common nameGiant panda

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity36.8 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizesmall
Data qualityacceptable
Observations

Because that can be a delay in implantation of 45-120 days, pregnancy can last to 97-163 days [0434]. One wild born specimen was about 36.8 years of age when it died in captivity [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity2,192 days
Male sexual maturity2,192 days
Gestation48 days
Weaning182 days
Litter size1.5 (viviparous)
Litters per year0.7
Inter-litter interval548 days
Weight at birth110 g
Weight at weaning22,000 g
Adult weight117,500 g
Postnatal growth rate0.0028 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual126 %

Metabolism

No information on metabolism available.

References
[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
[0077] Nakayama et al. (2001), Fractal analysis of senile plaque observed in various animal species, PubMed
[0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
[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
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves

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