AnAge entry for Hyaena brunnea
Classification (HAGRID: 02159)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Carnivora
Family: Hyaenidae
Genus: Hyaena
- Species
- Hyaena brunnea
- Common name
- Brown hyena
- Synonyms
- Parahyaena brunnea
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 31.9 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Some evidence suggests mortality rates increase at old age [0434]. One wild born specimen was about 31.9 years of age when it died in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,000 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 92 days
- Weaning
- 342 days
- Litter size
- 2.5 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 0.4
- Inter-litter interval
- 511 days
- Weight at birth
- 688 g
- Weight at weaning
- 27,400 g
- Adult weight
- 42,250 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 127%
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
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- ITIS 726268
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