AnAge entry for Cephalorhynchus commersonii
Classification (HAGRID: 02285)
- Taxonomy
-
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Cetacea (Taxon entry)
Family: Delphinidae (Taxon entry)
Genus: Cephalorhynchus
- Species
- Cephalorhynchus commersonii
- Common name
- Commerson's dolphin
- Synonyms
- Lagenorhynchus floweri, Delphinus commersonii, Cephalorhynchus commersoni, Cephalorhynchus commersoni
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
These animals do not commonly live more than 10 years in the wild with the oldest animal ever found being 18 years old [0434]. One wild born animal was still living in captivity at 25.8 years of age [0671]. Given the lack of detailed studies, however, their maximum longevity is classified as unknown.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 2,008 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 2,008 days
- Gestation
- 350 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 6,600 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 50,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0443] Ronald Nowak (2003), Walker's Marine Mammals 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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 180449
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 103582
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
- Search Google