AnAge entry for Panthera onca

Classification (HAGRID: 01781)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Carnivora
                Family: Felidae
                    Genus: Panthera
Species: Panthera onca
Common name: Jaguar
Synonyms: Felis onca, Felis onca coxi, Felis onca boliviensis, Felis onca ucayalae

Maximum longevity: 28 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Large
Data quality: High
Observations: One wild born female was around 28 years of age when she died in captivity [0671].

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

[0817] Bielby et al. (2007), The fast-slow continuum in mammalian life history: an empirical reevaluation (PubMed)
[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
[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
[0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
[0089] Ulehlova et al. (1984), Involution of the auditory neuro-epithelium in a tiger (Panthera tigris) and a jaguar (Panthera onca) (PubMed)
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves