AnAge entry for Hyperoodon ampullatus
Classification (HAGRID: 02307)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Cetacea (Taxon entry)
Family: Hyperoodontidae
Genus: Hyperoodon
- Species
- Hyperoodon ampullatus
- Common name
- Northern bottlenose whale
- Synonyms
- Hyperoodon butskopf, Hyperoodon latifrons, Hyperoodon rostratus, Balaena rostrata, Balaena ampullata
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 37 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 1
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Longevity is estimated to be at least 37 years, but probably longer.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 3,652 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 3,287 days
- Gestation
- 365 days
- Weaning
- 365 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- 365 days
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 6,500,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0001] Carey and Judge (2000), Longevity Records: Life Spans of Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish
- [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 180504
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 48744
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
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