Mammal / Balaenoptera brydei
Bryde's Whale
Lowest risk
Migratory
- Range depth
- 300 (high) m
- Range mass
- 13,600 to 15,000 kg
- Range length
- 12 to 14 m
- Breeding interval
- Bryde's whales breed every other year.
- Breeding season
- These whales can breed at any time in the year.
- Average number of offspring
- 1
- Average number of offspring
- 1
- Range gestation period
- 11 to 12 months
- Average weaning age
- 6 months
- Average time to independence
- 6 months
- Range age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female)
- 10 to 13 years
- Range age at sexual or reproductive maturity (male)
- 10 to 13 years
- Range lifespan
Status: wild - 72 (high) years
- Typical lifespan
Status: wild - 50 to 70 hours
O'Grady, J. 2014. "Balaenoptera edeni" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed November 10, 2020 at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Balaenoptera_edeni/
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