AnAge entry for Bos frontalis
Classification (HAGRID: 01906)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Bos
- Species
- Bos frontalis
- Common name
- Gaur
- Synonyms
- Bos gaurus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 26.2 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One animal lived 26.2 years in captivity.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 590 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 550 days
- Gestation
- 275 days
- Weaning
- 137 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 0.9
- Inter-litter interval
- 634 days
- Weight at birth
- 23,000 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 825,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 66%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1135] Lemaitre et al. (2013), Comparing free-ranging and captive populations reveals intra-specific variation in aging rates in large herbivores (PubMed)
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [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 183842
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 30520
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