AnAge entry for Moschiola meminna
Classification (HAGRID: 02066)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Tragulidae
Genus: Moschiola
- Species
- Moschiola meminna
- Common name
- Indian spotted chevrotain
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 14.5 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One captive specimen lived 14.5 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 150 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1.5 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 319 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 2,450 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 89%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 625033
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 439461
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