AnAge entry for Kobus megaceros
Classification (HAGRID: 01958)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Kobus
- Species
- Kobus megaceros
- Common name
- Nile lechwe
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 21.1 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- High
- Observations
In the wild, these animals may live up to 10 years [0542]. One captive specimen was still alive after 21.1 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Gestation
- 235 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- 353 days
- Weight at birth
- 5,100 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 90,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 75%
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
- [0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 625183
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 59532
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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