AnAge entry for Oreamnos americanus
Classification (HAGRID: 01970)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Oreamnos
- Species
- Oreamnos americanus
- Common name
- Mountain goat
- Synonyms
- Oreamnos americanus columbiae, Oreamnos americanus columbianus, Oreamnos americanus dorsatus, Oreamnos americanus kennedyi, Oreamnos americanus lanigera, Oreamnos americanus missoulae, Oreamnos americanus montanus, Oreamnos americanus sericeus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 20.8 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One captive specimen lived 20.8 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 912 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 912 days
- Gestation
- 184 days
- Weaning
- 122 days
- Litter size
- 1.2 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- 365 days
- Weight at birth
- 3,200 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 90,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 74%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- Not yet available
- Basal metabolic rate
- 46.4140 W
- Body mass
- 32000.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.001450 W/g
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
- [0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
- [0441] William Burt et al. (1998), A Field Guide to Mammals
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
- [0448] Woodland Park Zoo
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 180713
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 34873
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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