AnAge entry for Peponocephala electra
Classification (HAGRID: 02296)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Cetacea (Taxon entry)
Family: Delphinidae (Taxon entry)
Genus: Peponocephala
- Species
- Peponocephala electra
- Common name
- Melon-headed whale
- Synonyms
- Lagenorhynchus asia, Delphinus fusiformis, Lagenorhynchus pectoralis, Lagenorhynchus electra, Delphinus pectoralis
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 47 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 1
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 4,290 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 2,465 days
- Gestation
- 365 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 206,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0001] Carey and Judge (2000), Longevity Records: Life Spans of Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish
- [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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 180459
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 103596
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
- Search Google