AnAge entry for Macropus fuliginosus

Classification (HAGRID: 02530)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Diprotodontia
                Family: Macropodidae
                    Genus: Macropus
Species: Macropus fuliginosus
Common name: Western gray kangaroo

Maximum longevity: 23.2 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Large
Data quality: High
Observations: In the wild these animals have been estimated to live up to 20 years [0542]. One specimen lived 23.2 years in captivity [0671].

[0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
[1142] Kohler et al. (2006), Comparative mortality levels among selected species of captive animals
[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[1068] Maloney et al. (2004), Variation in body temperature in free-ranging western grey kangaroos Macropus fuliginosus
[0522] Fisher et al. (2001), The ecological basis of life history variation in marsupials
[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
[0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves