AnAge entry for Oryx gazella
Classification (HAGRID: 01973)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Oryx
- Species
- Oryx gazella
- Common name
- Gemsbok
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 23.8 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- High
- Observations
One captive specimen lived at least 23.8 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 550 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 550 days
- Gestation
- 270 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1.3
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 12,000 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 170,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 77%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 312ºK or 38.9ºC or 102.0ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- Not yet available
References
- [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
- [1003] Maloney et al. (2002), Brain and arterial blood temperatures of free-ranging oryx ( Oryx gazella) (PubMed)
- [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
- [0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
- [0448] Woodland Park Zoo
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 625180
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- ADW account
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 9958
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