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AnAge entry for Taurotragus oryx

Classification (HAGRID: 02345)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Artiodactyla
                Family: Bovidae
                    Genus: Taurotragus
SpeciesTaurotragus oryx
Common nameEland

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity26.1 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizelarge
Data qualityhigh
Observations

One captive specimen lived 26.1 years old [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity589 days
Male sexual maturity571 days
Gestation274 days
Weaning182 days
Litter size1 (viviparous)
Litters per year
Inter-litter interval340 days
Weight at birth32,000 g
Weight at weaning
Adult weight500,000 g
Postnatal growth rate0.0019 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual71 %

Metabolism

Typical body temperatureNot yet available
Basal metabolic rate190.2090 W
Body mass141404.0 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.001345 W/g

References
[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology
[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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