AnAge entry for Equus hemionus
Classification (HAGRID: 02639)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Genus: Equus
- Species
- Equus hemionus
- Common name
- Kulan
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 31.6 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
The Asiatic wild ass includes the kulan and the onanger, previously thought to be separate species. Record longevity belongs to a member of the /onager/ subspecies that lived 31.6 years in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,157 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,187 days
- Gestation
- 339 days
- Weaning
- 456 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 0.7
- Inter-litter interval
- 458 days
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 230,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 97%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [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
External Resources
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- ITIS 624993
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- Taxonomy ID 9794
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