AnAge entry for Philantomba monticola
Classification (HAGRID: 01983)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Philantomba
- Species
- Philantomba monticola
- Common name
- Blue duiker
- Synonyms
- Cephalophus monticola
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 15.9 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In the wild these animals live up to 12 years [0542]. One captive specimen was still alive after 15.9 years. A hybrid between a zebra duiker and a blue duiker lived 20.3 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 487 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 685 days
- Gestation
- 193 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- 265 days
- Weight at birth
- 800 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 6,250 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 85%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 313ºK or 39.4ºC or 102.9ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 10.0750 W
- Body mass
- 4200.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.002399 W/g
References
- [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
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
- [1055] Haim and Skinner (1991), A comparative study of metabolic rates and thermoregulation of two African antelopes, the steenbok and the blue duiker
- [0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 898239
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 907742
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