AnAge entry for Anas penelope
Classification (HAGRID: 00262)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Anas
- Species
- Anas penelope
- Common name
- Eurasian wigeon
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 35.2 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 450
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Maximum longevity from banding studies is 35.2 years [0450].
Life history traits (averages)
- No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- Not yet available
- Basal metabolic rate
- 2.8538 W
- Body mass
- 723.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.003947 W/g
References
- [0450] Fransson et al. (2010), EURING list of longevity records for European birds
- [0729] Moller (2006), Sociality, age at first reproduction and senescence: comparative analyses of birds (PubMed)
- [0425] Bennett and Harvey (1987), Active and resting metabolism in birds: allometry, phylogeny and ecology
- [0444] John Terres (1980), The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 175092
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 8838
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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