AnAge entry for Panthera pardus

Classification (HAGRID: 02478)
Taxonomy	Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry) Order: Carnivora Family: Felidae Genus: Panthera
Species	Panthera pardus
Common name	Leopard
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
Maximum longevity	27.3 years (captivity)
Source	ref. 671
Sample size	large
Data quality	high
Observations	One specimen lived 27.3 years at Madrid Zoo. A hybrid between a leopard and a lion lived for 24 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
Female sexual maturity	937 days
Male sexual maturity	771 days
Gestation	97 days
Weaning	110 days
Litter size	2 (viviparous)
Litters per year	1.25
Inter-litter interval	444 days
Weight at birth	550 g
Weight at weaning	1,940 g
Adult weight	53,750 g
Postnatal growth rate	0.0079 days^-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual	105 %
Metabolism
No information on metabolism 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 [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 183804
Animal Diversity Web	ADW account
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