AnAge entry for Platanista gangetica
Classification (HAGRID: 02320)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Cetacea (Taxon entry)
Family: Platanistidae
Genus: Platanista
- Species
- Platanista gangetica
- Common name
- Ganges dolphin
- Synonyms
- Platanista gangetica gangetica, Plantanista gangetica, Delphinus gangetica
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Some dolphins may still be growing after the age of 26. Maximum longevity is unknown even though there are records of animals kept in captivity.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 3,652 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 3,652 days
- Gestation
- 345 days
- Weaning
- 365 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 70,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0443] Ronald Nowak (2003), Walker's Marine Mammals of the World
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
- [0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
- [0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 180413
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 118798
- Entrez
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- Images
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