AnAge entry for Tapirus terrestris
Classification (HAGRID: 02286)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Tapiridae
Genus: Tapirus
- Species
- Tapirus terrestris
- Common name
- Brazilian tapir
- Synonyms
- Hippopotamus terrestris
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 39.6 years (captivity)
- Source
- John Gramieri, pers. comm.
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- High
- Observations
One specimen called "George", born in captivity in 1970, died at San Antonio Zoo in 2010 at 39.6 years of age (John Gramieri, pers. comm.).
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 36.5ºC or 97.7ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- Not yet available
References
- [1052] Clauss et al. (2010), Retention of fluid and particles in captive tapirs (Tapirus sp.)
- [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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 625000
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 9801
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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