AnAge entry for Potamochoerus larvatus

Classification (HAGRID: 02056)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Artiodactyla
                Family: Suidae
                    Genus: Potamochoerus
Species: Potamochoerus larvatus
Common name: Bushpig

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity: Not yet established
Observations: One captive specimen lived for 16.1 years [0671]. Maximum longevity is likely underestimated, though. Probably these animals can live for more than 20 years as it happens in the better studied bush pig (/Potamochoerus porcus/).

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity: 1,096 days
Male sexual maturity: 1,096 days
Gestation: 122 days
Weaning
Litter size: 2.7 (viviparous)
Litters per year
Inter-litter interval
Weight at birth
Weight at weaning
Adult weight: 87,500 g
Postnatal growth rate

Metabolism

No information on metabolism is available.

References

[1308] Myhrvold et al. (2015), An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles
[0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World

External Resources

Integrated Taxonomic Information System: ITIS 625010
Animal Diversity Web: ADW account (if available)
Encyclopaedia of Life: Search EOL
NCBI Taxonomy: Taxonomy ID 273792
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