AnAge entry for Kobus kob
Classification (HAGRID: 01956)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Kobus
- Species
- Kobus kob
- Common name
- Kob
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 21.9 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 403 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Gestation
- 251 days
- Weaning
- 189 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1.3
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 5,405 g
- Weight at weaning
- 31,600 g
- Adult weight
- 105,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 76%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
- [0676] Purvis and Harvey (1995), Mammal life-history evolution: a comparative test of Charnov's model
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
- [0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 183857
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- Taxonomy ID 59530
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