AnAge entry for Tragelaphus imberbis

Classification (HAGRID: 02349)
Taxonomy	Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry) Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Genus: Tragelaphus
Species	Tragelaphus imberbis
Common name	Lesser kudu
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
Maximum longevity	19.8 years (captivity)
Source	ref. 671
Sample size	medium
Data quality	acceptable
Observations	One captive specimen lived 19.8 years [0671]. There are anecdotal reports of animals living over 20 years.
Life history traits (averages)
Female sexual maturity	504 days
Male sexual maturity	504 days
Gestation	235 days
Weaning	274 days
Litter size	1 (viviparous)
Litters per year	1.3
Inter-litter interval
Weight at birth	6,000 g
Weight at weaning
Adult weight	82,500 g
Postnatal growth rate	0.0095 days^-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual	71 %
Metabolism
No information on metabolism available.
References
[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World [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
External resources
Integrated Taxonomic Information System	ITIS 625131
Animal Diversity Web	ADW account
Encyclopedia of Life	Search EOL
Genome Project	Search NCBI
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Internet	Search Google

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