AnAge entry for Bison bison

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

These animals have been estimated to live up to 25 years in the wild [0542]. Their maximum potential longevity has been estimated at 40 years [0434], though this has not been verified. Record longevity in captivity belongs to one male that was still alive at 33.5 years of age [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Metabolism

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
[0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
[0082] Lucini et al. (1998), Ontogeny, postnatal development and ageing of endocrine pancreas in Bubalus bubalis, PubMed
[0441] William Burt et al. (1998), A Field Guide to Mammals
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
[0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
[0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
[0080] Kuck et al. (1982), Total sulfhydryl by raman spectroscopy in the intact lens of several species: variations in the nucleus and along the optical axis during aging, PubMed

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