AnAge entry for Hippotragus equinus
Classification (HAGRID: 01953)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Hippotragus
- Species
- Hippotragus equinus
- Common name
- Roan antelope
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 25.9 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In the wild it has been estimated that these animals may live up to 19 years [0545]. One captive specimen lived for 25.9 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 814 days
- Gestation
- 284 days
- Weaning
- 183 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- 331 days
- Weight at birth
- 15,167 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 225,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 80%
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
- [0545] African Wildlife Safari
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 898270
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 37186
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