AnAge entry for Rucervus duvaucelii
Classification (HAGRID: 02040)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae (Taxon entry)
Genus: Rucervus
- Species
- Rucervus duvaucelii
- Common name
- Barasingha
- Synonyms
- Cervus duvaucelii, Cervus eldi
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 24.5 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- High
- Observations
In zoos, these animals can live up to 24.5 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,095 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 250 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 170,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 79%
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
- [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 898209
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 43328
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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