AnAge entry for Okapia johnstoni
Classification (HAGRID: 01700)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Giraffidae
Genus: Okapia
- Species
- Okapia johnstoni
- Common name
- Okapi
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 33.5 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- 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
- 311ºK or 38.1ºC or 100.5ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- Not yet available
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
- [1072] Bennett and Lindsey (1992), Some notes on the physiological and behavioral ontogeny of okapi (Okapia Johnstoni) calves
- [0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 625037
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 86973
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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