AnAge entry for Mazama gouazoubira
Classification (HAGRID: 02029)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae (Taxon entry)
Genus: Mazama
- Species
- Mazama gouazoubira
- Common name
- Gray brocket
- Synonyms
- Mazama gouazoupira
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 14.8 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In the wild, these animals have been estimated to live up to 12 years [0542]. One captive specimen lived 14.8 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 395 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Gestation
- 212 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 919 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 17,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 68%
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
- [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 898200
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