AnAge entry for Moschus chrysogaster
Classification (HAGRID: 02051)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Moschidae
Genus: Moschus
- Species
- Moschus chrysogaster
- Common name
- Alpine musk deer
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Not much is known about the longevity of these animals and they are difficult to breed in captivity. In the wild, they appear to live on average 3-7 years. One specimen lived 17.2 years in India. Their maximum longevity is likely much longer [0674].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 639 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 188 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 800 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 11,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [0674] Sathyakumar et al. (1993), Status of captive Himalayan forest musk deer (Moschus c. chrysogaster) in India
- [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 625039
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 68412
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- Images
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