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AnAge entry for Capra hircus

Classification (HAGRID: 02267)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Artiodactyla
                Family: Bovidae
                    Genus: Capra
SpeciesCapra hircus
Common nameDomestic goat

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity20.8 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizelarge
Data qualityhigh
Observations

One animal is reported to have lived 22 years in captivity [0511], which is plausible but unverified. Record longevity in captivity belongs to one female who lived 20.8 years [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity406 days
Male sexual maturity685 days
Gestation155 days
Weaning160 days
Litter size1.5 (viviparous)
Litters per year1
Inter-litter interval451 days
Weight at birth2,250 g
Weight at weaning
Adult weight61,000 g
Postnatal growth rate0.0041 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual78 %

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
[0133] Boos and Bartels (2002), Ontogeny and occurrence of the corpus fibulae in the domesticated goat (Capra aegagrus f. hircus), PubMed
[0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
[0677] Saether and Gordon (1994), The adaptive significance of reproductive strategies in ungulates, PubMed
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
[0511] Ronald Nowak and John Paradiso (1983), Walker's Mammals of the World

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