AnAge entry for Nanger dama
Classification (HAGRID: 01965)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Nanger
- Species
- Nanger dama
- Common name
- Dama gazelle
- Synonyms
- Gazella dama
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 19.3 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One captive specimen lived 19.3 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 109 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 208 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- 182 days
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 73,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 71%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 312ºK or 39.2ºC or 102.6ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- Not yet available
References
- [1308] Myhrvold et al. (2015), An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles
- [0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
- [1031] Gonzalez et al. (2008), Use of a neuroleptic in assisted reproduction of the critically endangered Mohor gazelle (Gazella dama mhorr) (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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 898225
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 67940
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