AnAge entry for Kobus leche
Classification (HAGRID: 01957)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Kobus
- Species
- Kobus leche
- Common name
- Lechwe
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 27 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 1306
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In the wild, it is estimated these animals may live up to 15 years [0542]. In captivity, they have been known to live up to 27 [1306].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 898 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,050 days
- Gestation
- 229 days
- Weaning
- 137 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 5,100 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 94,800 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 95%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1306] Peron et al. (2019), Variation in actuarial senescence does not reflect life span variation across mammals (PubMed)
- [1135] Lemaitre et al. (2013), Comparing free-ranging and captive populations reveals intra-specific variation in aging rates in large herbivores (PubMed)
- [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
- [0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 183855
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 59531
- Entrez
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