AnAge entry for Axis axis
Classification (HAGRID: 02013)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae (Taxon entry)
Genus: Axis
- Species
- Axis axis
- Common name
- Chital
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 20.8 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- High
- Observations
These animals can live up to 20.8 years in zoos [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 766 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 913 days
- Gestation
- 226 days
- Weaning
- 122 days
- Litter size
- 1.03 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- 426 days
- Weight at birth
- 3,144 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 36,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 85%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 312ºK or 39.2ºC or 102.6ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- Not yet available
References
- [0951] Jurado et al. (2008), Irregular tooth wear and longevity in captive wild ruminants: a pilot survey of necropsy reports (PubMed)
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0996] Arnemo et al. (1993), Xylazine-induced sedation in axis deer (Axis axis) and its reversal by atipamezole (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 552474
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 30531
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