AnAge entry for Bubalus bubalis
Classification (HAGRID: 01912)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Bubalus
- Species
- Bubalus bubalis
- Common name
- Water buffalo
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 34.9 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In captivity these animals may live up to 34.9 years [0671]. Animals may be culled early, before they can reach their maximum longevity [1389].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 502 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 311 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1.375 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- 365 days
- Weight at birth
- 37,500 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 725,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 90%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 311ºK or 38.1ºC or 100.6ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- Not yet available
References
- [1389] Hoffman and Valencak (2020), A short life on the farm: aging and longevity in agricultural, large-bodied mammals (PubMed)
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [1013] Hilali et al. (2004), Evaluation of the card agglutination test (CATT/T. evansi) for detection of Trypanosoma evansi infection in water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) in Egypt (PubMed)
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
- [0082] Lucini et al. (1998), Ontogeny, postnatal development and ageing of endocrine pancreas in Bubalus bubalis (PubMed)
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
- [0081] Miller (1988), A set of test life tables for theoretical gerontology (PubMed)
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 552476
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 89462
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