AnAge entry for Litocranius walleri
Classification (HAGRID: 01959)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Litocranius
- Species
- Litocranius walleri
- Common name
- Gerenuk
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 17.3 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In the wild, these animals have been estimated to live up to 12 years [0542]. One captive specimen lived for 17.3 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 359 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 204 days
- Weaning
- 241 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- 241 days
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 43,500 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 69%
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
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [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 625103
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 69311
- Entrez
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- Images
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