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# AnAge entry for Acinonyx jubatus

## Classification (HAGRID: 02106)

Taxonomy
  Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
  Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
  Order: Carnivora
  Family: Felidae
  Genus: Acinonyx
Species
  Acinonyx jubatus
Common name
  Cheetah
Synonyms
  Acinonyx rex

## Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity
  20.5 years (captivity)
Source
  ref. 671
Sample size
  Large
Data quality
  High
Observations

  One wild born male was about 20.5 years old when he died in captivity [0671].

## Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity
  456 days
Male sexual maturity
  456 days
Gestation
  88 days
Weaning
  107 days
Litter size
  3 (viviparous)
Litters per year
  0.7
Inter-litter interval
  537 days
Weight at birth
  489 g
Weight at weaning
  1,940 g
Adult weight
  53,500 g
Postnatal growth rate
Maximum longevity residual
  79%

## Metabolism

Typical body temperature
  312ºK or 39.0ºC or 102.2ºF
Basal metabolic rate
  61.7700 W
Body mass
  38446.1 g
Metabolic rate per body mass
  0.001607 W/g

## References

- [0817] Bielby et al. (2007), The fast-slow continuum in mammalian life history: an empirical reevaluation (PubMed)
- [1142] Kohler et al. (2006), Comparative mortality levels among selected species of captive animals
- [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

## External Resources

Integrated Taxonomic Information System
  ITIS 183813
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NCBI Taxonomy
  Taxonomy ID 32536
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