AnAge entry for Gazella spekei
Classification (HAGRID: 01948)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Gazella
- Species
- Gazella spekei
- Common name
- Speke's gazelle
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Little is known about the longevity of these animals, but one wild born specimen was about 14 years old when it died in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 511 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 197 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- 205 days
- Weight at birth
- 1,253 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 20,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1142] Kohler et al. (2006), Comparative mortality levels among selected species of captive animals
- [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
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- ITIS 625100
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- Taxonomy ID 69307
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