AnAge entry for Tursiops truncatus

Classification (HAGRID: 02747)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Cetacea (Taxon entry)
                Family: Delphinidae
                    Genus: Tursiops
Species: Tursiops truncatus
Common name: Bottlenosed dolphin
Synonyms: Tursiops gephyreus, Delphinus truncatus

Maximum longevity: 51.6 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Medium
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: Estimates suggest that males may live up to 39 years in the wild and females up to 49 years [0434]. One captive female was still alive at 51.6 years of age [0671].

No information on metabolism is available.

[0948] Venn-Watson et al. (2011), Physiology of aging among healthy, older bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus): comparisons with aging humans, PubMed
[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
[0538] Don Wilson and Sue Ruff (1999), The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals
[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