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AnAge entry for Saiga tatarica

Classification (HAGRID: 02341)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Artiodactyla
                Family: Bovidae
                    Genus: Saiga
SpeciesSaiga tatarica
Common nameSaiga

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevityNot yet established
Observations

Little is known about the longevity of these animals. One wild born specimen was about 10.5 years old when it died in captivity [0671]. They have been estimated to live up to 10-12 years in the wild [0434].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity331 days
Male sexual maturity669 days
Gestation152 days
Weaning87 days
Litter size1.7 (viviparous)
Litters per year1
Inter-litter interval365 days
Weight at birth3,500 g
Weight at weaning14,500 g
Adult weight37,500 g
Postnatal growth rate0.0065 days-1 (from Gompertz function)

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
[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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