AnAge entry for Tragelaphus scriptus

Classification (HAGRID: 02350)
Taxonomy	Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry) Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Genus: Tragelaphus
Species	Tragelaphus scriptus
Common name	Bushbuck
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
Maximum longevity	15.3 years (captivity)
Source	ref. 671
Sample size	medium
Data quality	acceptable
Observations	One captive specimen lived 15.3 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
Female sexual maturity	496 days
Male sexual maturity
Gestation	188 days
Weaning
Litter size	1 (viviparous)
Litters per year	1.5
Inter-litter interval
Weight at birth	3,800 g
Weight at weaning
Adult weight	60,000 g
Postnatal growth rate	0.0044 days^-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual	58 %
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
External resources
Integrated Taxonomic Information System	ITIS 625132
Animal Diversity Web	ADW account
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