AnAge entry for Capra nubiana
Classification (HAGRID: 02365)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Capra
- Species
- Capra nubiana
- Common name
- Nubian ibex
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 22.4 years (captivity)
- Source
- John Gramieri, pers. comm.
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
A captive female named "Opal" was 22.4 years of age when she died in 2011 at San Antonio Zoo (John Gramieri, pers. comm.).
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 150 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 46,250 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 88%
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
- [0730] Smith et al. (2003), Body mass of late Quaternary mammals
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 625140
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