AnAge entry for Anas rubripes
Classification (HAGRID: 00265)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Anas
- Species
- Anas rubripes
- Common name
- American black duck
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 26.6 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 972
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
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
- 3.6076 W
- Body mass
- 904.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.003991 W/g
References
- [0972] Wasser and Sherman (2010), Avian longevities and their interpretation under evolutionary theories of senescence
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [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
- [0437] FEIS by the USDA Forest Service
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 175068
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 75857
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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