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AnAge entry for Potamochoerus porcus

Classification (HAGRID: 02406)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Artiodactyla
                Family: Suidae
                    Genus: Potamochoerus
SpeciesPotamochoerus porcus
Common nameRed river hog

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity22 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizelarge
Data qualityhigh
Observations

One wild born specimen was about 22 years old when it died in captivity [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity1,096 days
Male sexual maturity1,096 days
Gestation122 days
Weaning91 days
Litter size3 (viviparous)
Litters per year
Inter-litter interval
Weight at birth775 g
Weight at weaning
Adult weight88,000 g
Postnatal growth rate0.0099 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual78 %

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
[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
[0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
[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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