AnAge entry for Dama dama
Classification (HAGRID: 02022)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae (Taxon entry)
Genus: Dama
- Species
- Dama dama
- Common name
- Fallow deer
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 27 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 1306
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Males attain full size at 5-9 years of age and females at 4-6 years of age [0434]. In the wild, it is estimated that these animals live up to 25 years [0542], which is doubtful. Senescence has been observed in the wild in animals of the /mesopotamica/ subspecies [1143]. Record longevity in captivity is 27 years [1306].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 487 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 507 days
- Gestation
- 233 days
- Weaning
- 183 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- 365 days
- Weight at birth
- 4,500 g
- Weight at weaning
- 22,570 g
- Adult weight
- 70,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 100%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1306] Peron et al. (2019), Variation in actuarial senescence does not reflect life span variation across mammals (PubMed)
- [1143] Nussey et al. (2013), Senescence in natural populations of animals: widespread evidence and its implications for bio-gerontology (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
- [0179] McElligott et al. (2002), Age-specific survival and reproductive probabilities: evidence for senescence in male fallow deer (Dama dama) (PubMed)
- [0086] Ditchkoff et al. (2001), Concentrations of insulin-like growth factor-I in adult male white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus): associations with serum testosterone, morphometrics and age during and after the breeding season (PubMed)
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
- [0677] Saether and Gordon (1994), The adaptive significance of reproductive strategies in ungulates (PubMed)
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
- [0180] Rolf and Fischer (1990), Serum testosterone (T) and 5-alpha-dihydrotestosterone (DHT) in male fallow deer (Dama dama L.): seasonality and age dependence (PubMed)
- [0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
- [0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
External Resources
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- ITIS 552472
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- Taxonomy ID 30532
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