AnAge entry for Pseudois nayaur
Classification (HAGRID: 01985)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Pseudois
- Species
- Pseudois nayaur
- Common name
- Bharal
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 20.9 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
It has been reported that these animals live up to 24 years in the wild [0573], which may be overestimated. Record longevity in captivity is 20.9 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 160 days
- Weaning
- 182 days
- Litter size
- 1.5 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 55,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 80%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is 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
- [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
- [0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
- [0573] David Macdonald (1985), The Encyclopedia of Mammals
External Resources
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- ITIS 625156
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- Taxonomy ID 59542
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