AnAge entry for Mesoplodon europaeus
Classification (HAGRID: 02309)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Cetacea (Taxon entry)
Family: Hyperoodontidae
Genus: Mesoplodon
- Species
- Mesoplodon europaeus
- Common name
- Gervais's beaked whale
- Synonyms
- Mesoplodon gervaisi, Dioplodon europaeus, Dioplodon gervaisi
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 48 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 443
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One specimen may have been over 48 years old [0443].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- Weaning
- Litter size
- (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 5,600,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0443] Ronald Nowak (2003), Walker's Marine Mammals of the World
- [0730] Smith et al. (2003), Body mass of late Quaternary mammals
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 180509
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 27616
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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