AnAge entry for Arctocephalus forsteri
Classification (HAGRID: 02209)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Carnivora
Family: Otariidae
Genus: Arctocephalus
- Species
- Arctocephalus forsteri
- Common name
- New Zealand fur seal
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Little is known about the longevity of these animals, but one specimen was about 23.1 years old when it died in captivity [0671]. Males are socially mature about 10-12 years of age [0455].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,825 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,825 days
- Gestation
- 236 days
- Weaning
- 335 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- 365 days
- Weight at birth
- 3,833 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 55,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
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
- [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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 180631
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 29084
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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