AnAge entry for Ailuropoda melanoleuca

Classification (HAGRID: 01900)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Carnivora
                Family: Ursidae
                    Genus: Ailuropoda
Species: Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Common name: Giant panda
Synonyms: Ursus melanoleucus

Maximum longevity: 36.8 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Small
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: Because there can be a delay in implantation of 45-120 days, pregnancy can last up to 97-163 days [0434]. One wild born specimen was about 36.8 years of age when it died in captivity [0671]. A female panda called "Jia Jia" reportedly died at age 38 in 2016 at Ocean Park in Hong Kong, but this has not been confirmed.

: No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.

No information on metabolism is available.

[1142] Kohler et al. (2006), Comparative mortality levels among selected species of captive animals
[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
[0077] Nakayama et al. (2001), Fractal analysis of senile plaque observed in various animal species (PubMed)
[0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
[0676] Purvis and Harvey (1995), Mammal life-history evolution: a comparative test of Charnov's model
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
[0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves