AnAge entry for Tragelaphus spekii
Classification (HAGRID: 02003)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Tragelaphus
- Species
- Tragelaphus spekii
- Common name
- Sitatunga
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 22.6 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- High
- Observations
These animals can live up to 22.6 years in zoos [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 401 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 242 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- 353 days
- Weight at birth
- 4,000 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 87,500 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 81%
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
- [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 625133
- Animal Diversity Web
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 69298
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