AnAge entry for Megaptera novaeangliae

Classification (HAGRID: 01936)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Cetacea (Taxon entry)
                Family: Balaenopteridae
                    Genus: Megaptera
Species: Megaptera novaeangliae
Common name: Humpback whale
Synonyms: Megaptera nodosa, Megaptera braziliensis, Megaptera indica, Megaptera lalandii, Megaptera longimana, Megaptera longipinna, Megaptera osphya, Megaptera versabilis, Balaena nodosa, Balaena lalandii, Balaena longimana, Balaena novaeangliae

Maximum longevity: 95 years (wild)
Source: ref. 573
Sample size: Medium
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: Epigenetic estimation can be used to estimate age in humpback whales, producing age distributions close to the expected values [1175].

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

[1175] Polanowski et al. (2014), Epigenetic estimation of age in humpback whales (PubMed)
[0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
[0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
[0538] Don Wilson and Sue Ruff (1999), The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals
[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
[0573] David Macdonald (1985), The Encyclopedia of Mammals
[1044] Morrison (1962), Body temperatures in some Australian mammals. III Cetacea (Megaptera)