List of mammalian gestation durations

Pregnant squirrel at Fort Island Gulf Beach Fishing Pier, Crystal River, Florida
Mammal | Gestation period (days)[1] | Reference | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Min | Max | Average | ||
Alpaca | 345 | [2][3] | ||
Baboon | 185 | [4] | ||
Bear (black) | 220 | [5] | ||
Bear (grizzly) | 215 | |||
Bear (polar) | 241 | |||
Beaver | 122 | |||
American bison | 217 | |||
Camel (Bactrian) | 360 | 420 | 390 | |
Cat (domestic) | 58 | 67 | 64 | |
Chimpanzee | 230 | 250 | 240 | |
Chinchilla | 105 | 115 | 110 | [6] |
Chipmunk | 31 | |||
Cow | 279 | 292 | 286 | |
Deer (white-tailed) | 201 | |||
Dog (domestic) | 58 | 65 | 61 | |
Donkey | 365 | |||
Elephant (Asian) | 617 | |||
Elephant (African) | 645 | |||
Elk (wapiti) | 240 | 250 | 245 | |
European mink | 38 | 76 | 57 | [6] |
Ferret (domestic) | 41 | 42 | 41 | [6] |
Fox (red) | 52 | |||
Gerbil | 22 | 26 | 24 | [6] |
Giraffe | 420 | 450 | 430 | |
Goat (domestic) | 145 | 155 | 150 | |
Gorilla | 255 | 260 | 257 | |
Guinea pig | 56 | 74 | 65 | [6] |
Hamster | 16 | 23 | 20 | |
Hippopotamus | 225 | 250 | 237 | |
Horse | 330 | 342 | 336 | |
Human | 259 | 275 | 270 | |
Kangaroo | 42 | |||
Koala | 34 | [7] | ||
Leopard | 92 | 95 | 93 | |
Lion | 108 | |||
Llama | 330 | |||
Mink | 40 | 75 | 57 | |
Monkey (rhesus) | 164 | |||
Moose | 240 | 250 | 245 | |
Mouse (domestic white) | 19 | |||
Mouse (meadow) | 21 | |||
Muskrat | 28 | 30 | 29 | |
Opossum (Virginia) | 12 | 13 | 12 | |
Orca | 473 | 567 | 532 | [8] |
Otter | 60 | 86 | 73 | |
Pig (domestic) | 112 | 115 | 113 | |
Porcupine | 210 | |||
Puma | 90 | |||
Rabbit (domestic) | 28 | 35 | 31 | [6] |
Raccoon | 63 | |||
Rat | 21 | 23 | 22 | [9] |
Rhinoceros (black) | 450 | |||
Seal | 330 | |||
Sea lion (California) | 350 | |||
Squirrel (gray) | 30 | 40 | 35 | |
Stripe-faced dunnart | 9.5 | 12 | 11 | [10] |
Tiger | 105 | 113 | 109 | |
Walrus | 456 | |||
Whale (sperm) | 480 | 590 | 535 | |
Wolf | 60 | 68 | 64 | |
Wombat | 26 | 28 | 27 | |
Zebra (Grant's) | 361 | 390 | 375 | |
References
Citations
- infoplease.com > Health and Science > Environment and Nature > Nature > Gestation, Incubation, and Longevity of Selected Animals By James G. Doherty, general curator, The Wildlife Conservation Society. Retrieved on April 9, 2010
- Paris Hill Farm. "Alpacas 101". Retrieved 2012-07-14.
- Northwest Alpacas. "Alpaca Q&A". Archived from the original on 2012-07-21. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
- Christian R. Abee; Keith Mansfield; Suzette D. Tardif; Timothy Morris, eds. (May 9, 2012). Nonhuman Primates in Biomedical Research: Biology and Management. Academic Press. p. 215. ISBN 978-0-12-397837-0.
- University of Michigan. "Ursus Americanus". Retrieved 2013-01-16.
- Anamnese en lichamelijk onderzoek bij gezelschapsdieren, A.Rijnberk, F.J.van Sluis, 2nd print, Bohn Stafleu van Loghum, 2005, (Current Dutch veterinary examination study book for small domestic mammals)
- Larry Vogelnest; Rupert Woods (August 18, 2008). Medicine of Australian Mammals. Csiro Publishing. p. 439. ISBN 978-0-643-09928-9.
- Frances M.D. Gulland; Leslie A. Dierauf; Karyl L. Whitman (20 March 2018). CRC Handbook of Marine Mammal Medicine. CRC Press. p. 408. ISBN 978-1-351-38416-2.
- The Laboratory Rat, 2nd Edition, Eds. Mark A. Sucklow, Steven H. Weisbroth, and Craig L. Franklin. Page 151.
- . A timetable of embryonic development, and ovarian and uterine changes during pregnancy, in the stripe-faced dunnart, Sminthopsis macroura (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Journal of reproduction and fertility 91 1 (1991): 213-27. DOI 10.1530/jrf.0.0910213
Sources
- Gestation, Incubation, and Longevity of Selected Animals
- David Crystal, The Cambridge Factfinder Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998 (84).
- Online animal encyclopedia
- Study finds wide range in pregnancy length
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