AnAge entry for Dromaius novaehollandiae
Classification (HAGRID: 00405)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Casuariiformes
Family: Dromaiidae
Genus: Dromaius
- Species
- Dromaius novaehollandiae
- Common name
- Emu
- Synonyms
- Dromaius ater, Dromaius novaehollandiae rothschildi
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 16.6 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 1
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 727 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Incubation
- Clutch size
- (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- Weight at hatching
- Adult weight
- 38,925 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
- [1142] Kohler et al. (2006), Comparative mortality levels among selected species of captive animals
- [0001] Carey and Judge (2000), Longevity Records: Life Spans of Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish
- [0317] Costa et al. (1993), Age-related changes in plasma biochemical values of farmed emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae) (PubMed)
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 174385
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 8790
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
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