AnAge entry for Connochaetes gnou
Classification (HAGRID: 01936)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Connochaetes
- Species
- Connochaetes gnou
- Common name
- Black wildebeest
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 21.8 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One captive specimen lived for 21.8 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 763 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,096 days
- Gestation
- 259 days
- Weaning
- 228 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 11,000 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 132,250 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 73%
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
- [0951] Jurado et al. (2008), Irregular tooth wear and longevity in captive wild ruminants: a pilot survey of necropsy reports (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
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 625078
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 59528
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