AnAge entry for Sus scrofa
Classification (HAGRID: 01713)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Genus: Sus
- Species
- Sus scrofa
- Common name
- Wild boar
- Synonyms
- Sus domesticus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 27 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- High
- Observations
While achieving sexual maturity much earlier, males do not typically mate until they are about 5 years old. One specimen of the riukiuanus subspecies lived for 27 years in captivity [0671]. As these animals age, there is a global loss of DNA methylation in the gene-body region of skeletal muscle [1207].
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
- 312ºK or 39.0ºC or 102.2ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 104.1500 W
- Body mass
- 135000.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.000771 W/g
References
- [1207] Jin et al. (2014), Genome-wide DNA methylation changes in skeletal muscle between young and middle-aged pigs (PubMed)
- [1143] Nussey et al. (2013), Senescence in natural populations of animals: widespread evidence and its implications for bio-gerontology (PubMed)
- [1136] Gomes et al. (2011), Comparative biology of mammalian telomeres: hypotheses on ancestral states and the roles of telomeres in longevity determination (PubMed)
- [0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
- [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
- [0189] Kapahi et al. (1999), Positive correlation between mammalian life span and cellular resistance to stress (PubMed)
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
- [0441] William Burt et al. (1998), A Field Guide to Mammals
- [0998] Swiergiel (1997), Modifications of operant thermoregulatory behavior of the young pig by environmental temperature and food availability (PubMed)
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
- [0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
- [0081] Miller (1988), A set of test life tables for theoretical gerontology (PubMed)
- [0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
- [0319] Bal and Getty (1973), Changes in the histomorphology of the uterus of the domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) with advancing age (PubMed)
- [0318] Bal and Getty (1970), Changing morphology of the uterine tubes of the domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) with age (PubMed)
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 180722
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 9823
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