AnAge entry for Ailuropoda melanoleuca

Classification (HAGRID: 02692)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Carnivora
                Family: Ursidae
                    Genus: Ailuropoda
Species: Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Common name: Giant panda

Maximum longevity: 36.8 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Small
Data quality: Acceptable
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].

No information on metabolism is available.

[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