AnAge entry for Stenella coeruleoalba
Classification (HAGRID: 02301)
- 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 coeruleoalba
- Common name
- Striped dolphin
- Synonyms
- Stenella asthenops, Stenella crotaphiscus, Stenella euphrosyne, Stenella styx, Delphinus tethyos, Delphinus coeruleoalbus, Delphinus styx, Delphinus euphrosyne, Delphinus asthenops, Delphinus crotaphiscus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 57.5 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 500
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
It has been estimated that these animals may live up to 57.5 years in the wild. One 48.5 year-old females has been found pregnant [0500]. These animals appear to possess post-reproductive lifespan, with a decrease in fecundity at 30 years [1391].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 2,834 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 3,025 days
- Gestation
- 350 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1.5 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 0.3
- Inter-litter interval
- 1,253 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
- [1391] Gunn-Moore et al. (2018), Alzheimer's disease in humans and other animals: A consequence of postreproductive life span and longevity rather than aging (PubMed)
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
- [0500] Archer and Perrin (1999), Stenella coeruleoalba
- [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
- [0325] Passingham (1985), Rates of brain development in mammals including man (PubMed)
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 180434
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 9737
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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