AnAge entry for Lepus capensis
Classification (HAGRID: 02597)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae
Genus: Lepus
- Species
- Lepus capensis
- Common name
- Cape hare
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Knowledge regarding the longevity of these animals is limited. One wild born specimen was still alive in captivity at about 8.9 years of age [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 228 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 175 days
- Gestation
- 43 days
- Weaning
- 33 days
- Litter size
- 2.6 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 3.3
- Inter-litter interval
- 39 days
- Weight at birth
- 118.4 g
- Weight at weaning
- 943.3 g
- Adult weight
- 2,358 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0817] Bielby et al. (2007), The fast-slow continuum in mammalian life history: an empirical reevaluation (PubMed)
- [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
- [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
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- ITIS 180117
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- Taxonomy ID 9981
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