AnAge entry for Ovis ammon
Classification (HAGRID: 01977)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Ovis
- Species
- Ovis ammon
- Common name
- Argali
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 16.8 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In the wild these animals live up to 13 years [0542]. One wild born specimen was about 16.8 years old when it died in captivity [0671]. Males may be sexually mature at 1.5 years of age, but do not normally breed until they are much older.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 403 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 823 days
- Gestation
- 170 days
- Weaning
- 135 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- 365 days
- Weight at birth
- 3,400 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 160,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 54%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
- [0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 625153
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- ADW account
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 30527
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