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AnAge entry for Redunca fulvorufula


Classification (HAGRID: 02337)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Artiodactyla
                Family: Bovidae
                    Genus: Redunca
SpeciesRedunca fulvorufula
Common nameMountain reedbuck

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity15 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizesmall
Data qualityacceptable
Observations

In the wild these animals live up to 12 years [0542]. One wild born specimen was about 15 years old when it died in captivity [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity388 days
Male sexual maturity335 days
Gestation216 days
Weaning
Litter size1 (viviparous)
Litters per year1.1
Inter-litter interval353 days
Weight at birth3,000 g
Weight at weaning
Adult weight30,000 g
Postnatal growth rate0.0093 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual63 %

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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