AnAge entry for Kogia breviceps
Classification (HAGRID: 02312)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Cetacea (Taxon entry)
Family: Kogiidae
Genus: Kogia
- Species
- Kogia breviceps
- Common name
- Pygmy sperm whale
- Synonyms
- Kogia floweri, Kogia goodei, Kogia grayii, Physeter breviceps, Kogia goodie, Euphysetes grayii, Euphysetes macleayi
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 17 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 573
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
These animals can live 17 years in the wild [0573], and possibly more.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 335 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 82,000 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 424,600 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [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
- [0573] David Macdonald (1985), The Encyclopedia of Mammals
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 180491
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 27615
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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