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AnAge entry for Kobus ellipsiprymnus

Classification (HAGRID: 02305)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Artiodactyla
                Family: Bovidae
                    Genus: Kobus
SpeciesKobus ellipsiprymnus
Common nameWaterbuck

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity30 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizelarge
Data qualityhigh
Observations

One wild born specimen was about 30 years old when it died in captivity [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity771 days
Male sexual maturity
Gestation264 days
Weaning213 days
Litter size1 (viviparous)
Litters per year1
Inter-litter interval365 days
Weight at birth9,000 g
Weight at weaning
Adult weight175,333 g
Postnatal growth rate
Maximum longevity residual96 %

Metabolism

Typical body temperatureNot yet available
Basal metabolic rate148.9490 W
Body mass100000.0 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.001489 W/g

References
[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology
[0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
[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
[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
[0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction

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