AnAge entry for Cervus nippon
Classification (HAGRID: 02021)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae (Taxon entry)
Genus: Cervus
- Species
- Cervus nippon
- Common name
- Sika deer
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 26.3 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- High
- Observations
Growth continues until ages 7-10 in males and ages 4-6 in females [0434].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 500 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 500 days
- Gestation
- 210 days
- Weaning
- 172 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 5,750 g
- Weight at weaning
- 28,590 g
- Adult weight
- 42,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 105%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 313ºK or 39.8ºC or 103.6ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- Not yet 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
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [0999] Tsuruga et al. (1999), Immobilization of sika deer with medetomidine and ketamine, and antagonism by atipamezole (PubMed)
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
- [0677] Saether and Gordon (1994), The adaptive significance of reproductive strategies in ungulates (PubMed)
- [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 180696
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 9863
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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