AnAge entry for Elaphurus davidianus
Classification (HAGRID: 02024)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae (Taxon entry)
Genus: Elaphurus
- Species
- Elaphurus davidianus
- Common name
- Pere David's deer
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 27.5 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- High
- Observations
In the wild, these animals have been estimated to live up to 18 years [0542]. One captive specimen lived 27.5 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 821 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,186 days
- Gestation
- 288 days
- Weaning
- 167 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- 360 days
- Weight at birth
- 11,000 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 186,500 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 87%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0547] Sternicki et al. (2003), Inbreeding effects on lifetime in David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus, Milne Edwards 1866) population (PubMed)
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [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
- [0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 625053
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 43332
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