AnAge entry for Gazella cuvieri
Classification (HAGRID: 01943)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Gazella
- Species
- Gazella cuvieri
- Common name
- Cuvier's gazelle
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 17.9 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One captive specimen lived 17.9 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 349 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 180 days
- Gestation
- 171 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1.5 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- 274 days
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 17,500 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 82%
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
- [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 625090
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 69301
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