AnAge entry for Gopherus polyphemus
Classification (HAGRID: 03403)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia (Taxon entry)
Order: Testudines (Taxon entry)
Family: Testudinidae
Genus: Gopherus
- Species
- Gopherus polyphemus
- Common name
- Gopher tortoise
- Synonyms
- Testudo polyphemus, Testudo depressa, Testudo gopher, Gopherus praecedens
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Their longevity in the wild likely exceeds 25 years [0437]. Anecdotal evidence suggests these animals may live over 100 years.
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
- 300ºK or 26.9ºC or 80.3ºF
- Resting metabolic rate
- 0.5790 W
- Body mass
- 5500.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.000105 W/g
References
- [0037] Gillooly et al. (2001), Effects of size and temperature on metabolic rate (PubMed)
- [0437] FEIS by the USDA Forest Service
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 173858
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 38773
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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