AnAge entry for Camelus bactrianus
Classification (HAGRID: 02005)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Camelidae
Genus: Camelus
- Species
- Camelus bactrianus
- Common name
- Bactrian camel
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 35.4 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- High
- Observations
It has been suggested that the potential longevity of camels is up to 50 years [0434]. Record longevity in captivity for domestic camels, however, is 35.4 years [0671].
Studies have shown that, for aged individuals and within mucosal effector sites, there is a decrease in certain immune cells [1352].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,278 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,278 days
- Gestation
- 395 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 0.5
- Inter-litter interval
- 730 days
- Weight at birth
- 36,000 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 475,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 98%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1389] Hoffman and Valencak (2020), A short life on the farm: aging and longevity in agricultural, large-bodied mammals (PubMed)
- [1352] Zhang et al. (2017), Impact of aging on distribution of IgA(+) and IgG(+) cells in aggregated lymphoid nodules area in abomasum of Bactrian camels (Camelus bactrianus) (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
- [0436] Cutler (1979), Evolution of human longevity: a critical overview (PubMed)
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 625026
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 9837
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