AnAge entry for Dicerorhinus sumatrensis
Classification (HAGRID: 02644)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Genus: Dicerorhinus
- Species
- Dicerorhinus sumatrensis
- Common name
- Sumatran rhinoceros
- Synonyms
- Rhinoceros crossii
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 32.8 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Tiny
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Though age at sexual maturity is unknown, these animals probably do not reproduce before being 7 years old [0434]. In the wild, it is estimated that they live up to 35 years [0542], but their record longevity in captivity is 32.8 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 2,738 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 236 days
- Weaning
- 502 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 0.3
- Inter-litter interval
- 1,278 days
- Weight at birth
- 23,000 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 1,260,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 78%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
- [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
- [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
- [0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 625002
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
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- Taxonomy ID 89632
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