AnAge entry for Hyemoschus aquaticus
Classification (HAGRID: 02065)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Tragulidae
Genus: Hyemoschus
- Species
- Hyemoschus aquaticus
- Common name
- Water chevrotain
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Little is known about the longevity of these animals. It has been suggested that they live up to 14 years in the wild [0573].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 403 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 403 days
- Gestation
- 175 days
- Weaning
- 180 days
- Litter size
- 1.25 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 11,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [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
- [0573] David Macdonald (1985), The Encyclopedia of Mammals
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 625032
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 666915
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