AnAge entry for Stenella attenuata
Classification (HAGRID: 02300)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Cetacea (Taxon entry)
Family: Delphinidae (Taxon entry)
Genus: Stenella
- Species
- Stenella attenuata
- Common name
- Pantropical spotted dolphin
- Synonyms
- Stenella dubia, Delphinus dubius, Steno attenuatus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 46 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 1
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
There are reports of pregnant females up to the age of 35. Their maximum longevity could be underestimated.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 2,983 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 3,956 days
- Gestation
- 345 days
- Weaning
- 543 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 0.3
- Inter-litter interval
- 1,123 days
- Weight at birth
- 10,000 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 112,500 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [0001] Carey and Judge (2000), Longevity Records: Life Spans of Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
- [0538] Don Wilson and Sue Ruff (1999), The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
- [0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 180430
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- Taxonomy ID 9735
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