AnAge entry for Muntiacus reevesi
Classification (HAGRID: 02033)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae (Taxon entry)
Genus: Muntiacus
- Species
- Muntiacus reevesi
- Common name
- Reeves's muntjac
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 23.2 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- High
- Observations
In zoos, these animals can live up to 23.2 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 274 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 199 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1.5
- Inter-litter interval
- 215 days
- Weight at birth
- 1,050 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 18,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 106%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1136] Gomes et al. (2011), Comparative biology of mammalian telomeres: hypotheses on ancestral states and the roles of telomeres in longevity determination (PubMed)
- [1142] Kohler et al. (2006), Comparative mortality levels among selected species of captive animals
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
- [0677] Saether and Gordon (1994), The adaptive significance of reproductive strategies in ungulates (PubMed)
- [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 625061
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 9886
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