AnAge entry for Odocoileus virginianus

Classification (HAGRID: 02391)
Taxonomy	Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry) Order: Artiodactyla Family: Cervidae (Taxon entry) Genus: Odocoileus
Species	Odocoileus virginianus
Common name	White-tailed deer
Synonyms	Dama virginianus, Dama virginiana
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
Maximum longevity	21.6 years (captivity)
Source	ref. 671
Sample size	large
Data quality	high
Observations	In the wild, few animals live more than 5-10 years. One pregnant female was about 19-23 years of age [0434]. Record longevity, however, belongs to one wild born female who still alive at about 21.6 years of age [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
Female sexual maturity	309 days
Male sexual maturity	417 days
Gestation	198 days
Weaning	129 days
Litter size	2 (viviparous)
Litters per year	1
Inter-litter interval	304 days
Weight at birth	3,000 g
Weight at weaning	36,000 g
Adult weight	87,000 g
Postnatal growth rate	0.007 days^-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual	77 %
Metabolism
Typical body temperature	312ºK or 39.0ºC or 102.2ºF
Basal metabolic rate	123.4470 W
Body mass	61862.5 g
Metabolic rate per body mass	0.001996 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 [0420] White and Seymour (2003), Mammalian basal metabolic rate is proportional to body mass2/3, PubMed [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals [0086] Ditchkoff et al. (2001), Concentrations of insulin-like growth factor-I in adult male white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus): associations with serum testosterone, morphometrics and age during and after the breeding season, PubMed [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World [0441] William Burt et al. (1998), A Field Guide to Mammals [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
External resources
Integrated Taxonomic Information System	ITIS 180699
Animal Diversity Web	ADW account
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