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AnAge entry for Syncerus caffer

Classification (HAGRID: 02343)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Artiodactyla
                Family: Bovidae
                    Genus: Syncerus
SpeciesSyncerus caffer
Common nameAfrican buffalo

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity29.8 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizemedium
Data qualityacceptable
Observations

These animals live up to 18 years [0434] and 29.8 years in captivity [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity1,475 days
Male sexual maturity1,674 days
Gestation331 days
Weaning289 days
Litter size1 (viviparous)
Litters per year0.4
Inter-litter interval635 days
Weight at birth44,000 g
Weight at weaning166,000 g
Adult weight700,000 g
Postnatal growth rate0.0026 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual77 %

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
[0676] Purvis and Harvey (1995), Mammal life-history evolution: a comparative test of Charnov’s model
[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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