AnAge entry for Connochaetes taurinus

Classification (HAGRID: 01591)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Artiodactyla
                Family: Bovidae
                    Genus: Connochaetes
Species: Connochaetes taurinus
Common name: Blue wildebeest

Maximum longevity: 24.3 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Large
Data quality: High
Observations: Although they may be sexually mature earlier, males can only breed when they are about 2.5 years old. Females may breed at earlier ages. One specimen lived 24.3 years in captivity [0671].

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

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[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology
[0420] White and Seymour (2003), Mammalian basal metabolic rate is proportional to body mass2/3 (PubMed)
[0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
[0677] Saether and Gordon (1994), The adaptive significance of reproductive strategies in ungulates (PubMed)
[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