AnAge entry for Tursiops truncatus

Classification (HAGRID: 02651)
Taxonomy	Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry) Order: Cetacea (Taxon entry) Family: Delphinidae Genus: Tursiops
Species	Tursiops truncatus
Common name	Bottlenosed dolphin
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
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].
Life history traits (averages)
Female sexual maturity	2,831 days
Male sexual maturity	3,689 days
Gestation	365 days
Weaning	548 days
Litter size	1 (viviparous)
Litters per year	0.5
Inter-litter interval	858 days
Weight at birth	19,350 g
Weight at weaning
Adult weight	200,000 g
Postnatal growth rate
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 [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
External resources
Integrated Taxonomic Information System	ITIS 180426
Animal Diversity Web	ADW account
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