AnAge entry for Acrocodia indica
Classification (HAGRID: 02648)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Tapiridae
Genus: Acrocodia
- Species
- Acrocodia indica
- Common name
- Malayan tapir
- Synonyms
- Tapirus indicus, Tapirus indicus indicus, Tapirus indicus brevetianus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 36.5 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One captive specimen lived for 36.5 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,095 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,095 days
- Gestation
- 392 days
- Weaning
- 183 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 0.5
- Inter-litter interval
- 730 days
- Weight at birth
- 6,500 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 250,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 111%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 310ºK or 36.8ºC or 98.2ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- Not yet available
References
- [1136] Gomes et al. (2011), Comparative biology of mammalian telomeres: hypotheses on ancestral states and the roles of telomeres in longevity determination (PubMed)
- [1052] Clauss et al. (2010), Retention of fluid and particles in captive tapirs (Tapirus sp.)
- [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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 926161
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