AnAge entry for Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Classification (HAGRID: 02004)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Tragelaphus
- Species
- Tragelaphus strepsiceros
- Common name
- Greater kudu
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 23.5 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- High
- Observations
These animals can live up to 23.5 years in zoos [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 517 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 228 days
- Weaning
- 183 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- 365 days
- Weight at birth
- 15,000 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 217,500 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 73%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 312ºK or 38.9ºC or 102.0ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- Not yet available
References
- [1135] Lemaitre et al. (2013), Comparing free-ranging and captive populations reveals intra-specific variation in aging rates in large herbivores (PubMed)
- [0951] Jurado et al. (2008), Irregular tooth wear and longevity in captive wild ruminants: a pilot survey of necropsy reports (PubMed)
- [1027] Hetem et al. (2008), Fever and sickness behavior during an opportunistic infection in a free-living antelope, the greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) (PubMed)
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections 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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 625134
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 9946
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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