AnAge entry for Gazella gazella
Classification (HAGRID: 01945)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Gazella
- Species
- Gazella gazella
- Common name
- Mountain gazelle
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 18.3 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- High
- Observations
One captive specimen lived 18.3 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 476 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 685 days
- Gestation
- 180 days
- Weaning
- 88 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1.5
- Inter-litter interval
- 297 days
- Weight at birth
- 2,360 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 23,250 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 80%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 313ºK or 39.5ºC or 103.1ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- Not yet available
References
- [1308] Myhrvold et al. (2015), An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles
- [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
- [1041] Al-Johany et al. (1998), Effect of temperature and water deprivation on body temperature in idmi gazelle, Gazella gazella
- [0359] Rietkerk et al. (1994), The hematological profile of the mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella): variations with sex, age, capture method, season, and anesthesia (PubMed)
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
External Resources
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- ITIS 625093
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 69302
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