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AnAge entry for Panthera onca

Classification (HAGRID: 02477)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Carnivora
                Family: Felidae
                    Genus: Panthera
SpeciesPanthera onca
Common nameJaguar
SynonymsFelis onca

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity28 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizelarge
Data qualityhigh
Observations

One wild born female was around 28 years of age when she died in captivity [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity730 days
Male sexual maturity730 days
Gestation99 days
Weaning126 days
Litter size2 (viviparous)
Litters per year0.5
Inter-litter interval365 days
Weight at birth820 g
Weight at weaning5,034 g
Adult weight81,150 g
Postnatal growth rate0.0072 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual101 %

Metabolism

Typical body temperature310ºK or 37.0ºC or 98.6ºF
Basal metabolic rate62.4190 W
Body mass50400.0 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.001238 W/g

References
[0817] Bielby et al. (2007), The fast-slow continuum in mammalian life history: an empirical reevaluation, PubMed
[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
[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
[0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
[0089] Ulehlova et al. (1984), Involution of the auditory neuro-epithelium in a tiger (Panthera tigris) and a jaguar (Panthera onca), PubMed
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves

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