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AnAge entry for Madoqua kirkii

Classification (HAGRID: 02311)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Artiodactyla
                Family: Bovidae
                    Genus: Madoqua
SpeciesMadoqua kirkii
Common nameKirk's dik-dik

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity17.3 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizemedium
Data qualityacceptable
ObservationsNo observations are presently available

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity213 days
Male sexual maturity304 days
Gestation172 days
Weaning71 days
Litter size1 (viviparous)
Litters per year2
Inter-litter interval244 days
Weight at birth600 g
Weight at weaning1,780 g
Adult weight5,000 g
Postnatal growth rate0.0124 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual96 %

Metabolism

Typical body temperatureNot yet available
Basal metabolic rate11.9660 W
Body mass4290.0 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.002789 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
[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
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves

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