AnAge entry for Nanger granti
Classification (HAGRID: 01966)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Nanger
- Species
- Nanger granti
- Common name
- Grant's gazelle
- Synonyms
- Gazella granti
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 23 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 1306
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One captive specimen lived 23 years [1306].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 251 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 196 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 5,603 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 67,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 85%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1306] Peron et al. (2019), Variation in actuarial senescence does not reflect life span variation across mammals (PubMed)
- [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
- [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 898226
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 27591
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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