AnAge entry for Bubalus mindorensis
Classification (HAGRID: 01914)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Bubalus
- Species
- Bubalus mindorensis
- Common name
- Tamaraw
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
These animals have been known to live more than 20 years [0687]. Some estimates suggest a lifespan of 25 years [0542], but more detailed studies are necessary to more correctly estimate the maximum longevity of this species.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 755 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 300 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 0.5
- Inter-litter interval
- 1,095 days
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 240,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1308] Myhrvold et al. (2015), An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles
- [0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [0687] Custodio et al. (1996), Bubalus mindorensis
- [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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 625123
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 56639
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