AnAge entry for Equus zebra
Classification (HAGRID: 02642)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Genus: Equus
- Species
- Equus zebra
- Common name
- Mountain zebra
- Synonyms
- Equus zebra zebra, Equus wardi, Hippotigris campestris, Equus indica, Equus montanus, Equus zebra frederici
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 33.2 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One captive specimen lived for 33.2 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,009 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,279 days
- Gestation
- 362 days
- Weaning
- 304 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 0.6
- Inter-litter interval
- 670 days
- Weight at birth
- 35,000 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 296,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 98%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [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
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
- [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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- Taxonomy ID 9791
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