AnAge entry for Rangifer tarandus
Classification (HAGRID: 01692)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae (Taxon entry)
Genus: Rangifer
- Species
- Rangifer tarandus
- Common name
- Caribou, or Reindeer
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 21.8 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 956
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- High
- Observations
A gradual ageing process has been documented in this species [0548]. Record longevity in captivity is 21.8 years [0956].
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
- 310ºK or 37.2ºC or 99.0ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 119.6600 W
- Body mass
- 85000.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.001408 W/g
References
- [1135] Lemaitre et al. (2013), Comparing free-ranging and captive populations reveals intra-specific variation in aging rates in large herbivores (PubMed)
- [1143] Nussey et al. (2013), Senescence in natural populations of animals: widespread evidence and its implications for bio-gerontology (PubMed)
- [0956] Muller et al. (2010), Relevance of management and feeding regimens on life expectancy in captive deer (PubMed)
- [0951] Jurado et al. (2008), Irregular tooth wear and longevity in captive wild ruminants: a pilot survey of necropsy reports (PubMed)
- [0549] Reimers et al. (2005), Life-history variation of wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) in the highly productive North Ottadalen region, Norway
- [1011] Sakkinen et al. (2004), The effect of blood sampling method on indicators of physiological stress in reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) (PubMed)
- [0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology
- [0548] Weladji et al. (2002), Age-related reproductive effort in reindeer (Rangifer tarandus): evidence of senescence
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
- [0441] William Burt et al. (1998), A Field Guide to Mammals
- [0344] Anderson et al. (1993), Subclinical lumbar polyradiculopathy, polyneuritis and ganglionitis in aged wild and exotic mammalians (PubMed)
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
- [0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
- [0393] Leader-Williams (1979), Age-related changes in the testicular and antler cycles of reindeer, Rangifer tarandus (PubMed)
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 180701
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 9870
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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