AnAge entry for Tursiops truncatus

Classification (HAGRID: 01955)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Cetacea (Taxon entry)
                Family: Delphinidae
                    Genus: Tursiops
Species: Tursiops truncatus
Common name: Bottlenosed dolphin
Synonyms: Tursiops gephyreus, Delphinus truncatus

Maximum longevity: 51.6 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Medium
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: Estimates suggest that males may live up to 39 years in the wild and females up to 49 years [0434]. One captive female was still alive at 51.6 years of age [0671].

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

No information on metabolism is available.

[1243] Venn-Watson et al. (2015), Evaluation of annual survival and mortality rates and longevity of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) at the United States Navy Marine Mammal Program from 2004 through 2013 (PubMed)
[1136] Gomes et al. (2011), Comparative biology of mammalian telomeres: hypotheses on ancestral states and the roles of telomeres in longevity determination (PubMed)
[0948] Venn-Watson et al. (2011), Physiology of aging among healthy, older bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus): comparisons with aging humans (PubMed)
[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
[0538] Don Wilson and Sue Ruff (1999), The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals
[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