AnAge entry for Damaliscus lunatus
Classification (HAGRID: 02382)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Damaliscus
- Species
- Damaliscus lunatus
- Common name
- Topi
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 23.6 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In the wild, these animals have been estimated to live up to 15 years [0542]. One captive specimen lived 23.6 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 639 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 238 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 0.6
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 11,100 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 110,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 81%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [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
- [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
- [0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 625082
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