AnAge entry for Tursiops aduncus
Classification (HAGRID: 02303)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Cetacea (Taxon entry)
Family: Delphinidae (Taxon entry)
Genus: Tursiops
- Species
- Tursiops aduncus
- Common name
- Indo-pacific bottlenose dolphin
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Similarly to other animals, these dolphins also experience reproductive senescence, with calf survival declining with maternal age [1465].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 365 days
- Weaning
- Clutch or litter size
- Breedings per year
- Inter-litter interval
- 1,095 days
- Weight at birth
- 9,829 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1465] Karniski et al. (2018), Senescence impacts reproduction and maternal investment in bottlenose dolphins (PubMed)
- [0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 612596
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