AnAge entry for Neophocaena phocaenoides

Classification (HAGRID: 02316)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Cetacea (Taxon entry)
                Family: Phocoenidae
                    Genus: Neophocaena
Species: Neophocaena phocaenoides
Common name: Finless porpoise
Synonyms: Neophocaena phocaenoides phocaenoides, Delphinus phocaenoides

Maximum longevity: 33 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Small
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: Normally, these animals do not live more than 20 years. In Chinese waters, however, they reach sexual maturity at later ages (4-10 years) and also live longer [0443]. One captive specimen lived for 28.8 years [0671].

No information on metabolism is available.

[0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
[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
[0562] Jefferson et al. (2002), Growth and reproduction of the finless porpoise in southern China
[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
[0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction