AnAge entry for Elaphodus cephalophus
Classification (HAGRID: 02023)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae (Taxon entry)
Genus: Elaphodus
- Species
- Elaphodus cephalophus
- Common name
- Tufted deer
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 22.7 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One specimen was still living after at least 22.7 years in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 639 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Gestation
- 180 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 33,500 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 94%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
- [0448] Woodland Park Zoo
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 625055
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 109298
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