AnAge entry for Tragelaphus angasii
Classification (HAGRID: 01999)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Tragelaphus
- Species
- Tragelaphus angasii
- Common name
- Nyala
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 23 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 1306
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One captive specimen lived 23 years [1306].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 452 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 224 days
- Weaning
- 213 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1.2
- Inter-litter interval
- 295 days
- Weight at birth
- 5,233 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 120,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 78%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1306] Peron et al. (2019), Variation in actuarial senescence does not reflect life span variation across mammals (PubMed)
- [0817] Bielby et al. (2007), The fast-slow continuum in mammalian life history: an empirical reevaluation (PubMed)
- [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
- [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
- [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 625128
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- Taxonomy ID 66437
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