AnAge entry for Eubalaena australis
Classification (HAGRID: 02276)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Cetacea (Taxon entry)
Family: Balaenidae
Genus: Eubalaena
- Species
- Eubalaena australis
- Common name
- Southern right whale
- Synonyms
- Balaena antarctica, Balaena antipodarum, Hunterus temminckii, Balaena australis, Balaena glacialis australis, Eubalaena glacialis australis
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 70 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 434
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
These animals stop growing at about age 18 for females and 20 for males.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 3,285 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 365 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 0.3
- Inter-litter interval
- 1,214 days
- Weight at birth
- 910,000 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 45,000,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
- [0447] Pieter Folkens et al. (2002), National Audubon Society Guide to Marine Mammals of the World
- [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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 552771
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 160595
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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