AnAge entry for Odocoileus hemionus
Classification (HAGRID: 02034)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae (Taxon entry)
Genus: Odocoileus
- Species
- Odocoileus hemionus
- Common name
- Mule deer
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 22 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One captive female lived 20.5 years [0671]. A semicaptive reportedly lived 22 years [0434].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 478 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 503 days
- Gestation
- 207 days
- Weaning
- 132 days
- Litter size
- 1.5 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- 365 days
- Weight at birth
- 2,950 g
- Weight at weaning
- 23,100 g
- Adult weight
- 57,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.0057 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
- Maximum longevity residual
- 84%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 313ºK or 40.0ºC or 104.0ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- Not yet available
References
- [1135] Lemaitre et al. (2013), Comparing free-ranging and captive populations reveals intra-specific variation in aging rates in large herbivores (PubMed)
- [1143] Nussey et al. (2013), Senescence in natural populations of animals: widespread evidence and its implications for bio-gerontology (PubMed)
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [1070] Bleich et al. (2005), From the Field: Efficacy of aerial telemetry as an aid to capturing specific individuals-a comparison of 2 techniques
- [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
- [0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 180698
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 9872
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- Ageing Literature
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