AnAge entry for Monachus monachus
Classification (HAGRID: 02229)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Carnivora
Family: Phocidae
Genus: Monachus
- Species
- Monachus monachus
- Common name
- Mediterranean monk seal
- Synonyms
- Phoca monachus, Phoca albiventer, Phoca bicolor, Phoca leucogaster, Phoca hermannii, Monachus mediterraneus, Phoca isidorei, Heliophoca atlantica
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Not much is known about the longevity of these animals, but one specimen lived 23.7 years old in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,461 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,461 days
- Gestation
- 289 days
- Weaning
- 42 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 0.5
- Inter-litter interval
- 730 days
- Weight at birth
- 19,000 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 275,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0443] Ronald Nowak (2003), Walker's Marine Mammals of the World
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 180659
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 248254
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- Images
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