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The following breeds have a short gestation period (note that not all breeds with short gestation periods will be listed here):
- Angus
- Dexter
- Guernsey
- Jersey
- Meuse Rhine Issel
- Red Angus
- Speckle Park
It was originally believed that rate of maturity was correlated with rate of gestation. This is now not the case. Rate of maturity is simply carcass maturity, or the time when an animal starts to lay down fat, and has nothing to do with age of puberty nor gestation length.
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What is the gestation period of a Jersey cow?
Limousin are selected to have long gestation periods, which is around 290 to 300 days (or more) in length.
What type of mammals have relatively short gestation periods?
Small ones.
What is the gestation period of an Angus cow?
Angus cattle tend to have short gestation periods, ranging from 260 to 280 days in length. However, this can be the exception rather than the rule. Because Angus are so popular and wide-spread, it shouldn't come to a surprise that some strains may have average or slightly long gestation periods ranging from 280 to 290 days long.
What can you infer based on the preceding information about how marsupials differ from placental mammals?
Thier gestation periods are diffrent. Marsupials have a short gestation date while mammels are normally long.
Why do mice have a shorter gestation period than other mammals?
Smaller mammals have shorter gestation periods. If a mother mouse kept her young inside her uterus/placenta for too long, the young would become so big that the mother would die. Also, mice have very short lifespans due to their heavy predation and small size, so a female mouse needs to produce as many young as possible in her short life in order to keep the species from going extinct. A short gestation period increases fertility in that more litters can be produced in the same amout of time. Thus, mice have evolved very short gestation periods. Although a mouse's gestation period is only about 20 days, there are some mammals, such as certain opossums, whose gestation periods are even shorter.
Do placental mammals have short internal development?
No. Placental mammals tend to have longer gestation periods than marsupials, depending on the size of the animal.
The gestation perod for all mammals is?
The gestation periods for mammals differs greatly. In general it appears to be very short in small mammals, (some shrews and mice are only a few days) while increasing in length as the mammal increases in size. Elephants, hippos, bears whales and other large mammals have gestation periods lasting 9 to 18 months.
Which animal has the shortest gestation period?
Marsupials in general have short gestation periods since the babies are born into the pouch at a rather underdeveloped state. I think the shortest animal gestation period if I remember correctly is that of the opposum, it's 12-13 days long.
What is the relationship between life span and gestation period?
Gestation period and lifespan are positively correlated, as the Animals with fast life cycles (short lifespan) will have fast gestation periods. This is because they evolved to live quickly due to predators and competition for food. Professor William Amos, Professor of Evolutionary Genetics, University of Cambridge
What is the gestation period for a eastern short horned lizard?
The eastern short horned lizard has a gestation period of 3 months.
What animal has the shortest baby stage?
Marsupials in general have short gestation periods since the babies are born into the pouch at a rather underdeveloped state. I think the shortest animal gestation period if I remember correctly is that of the opposum, it's 12-13 days long.
Why are animals' gestation periods short?
It depends on the Animal.The following animals have gestation periods (measured in days) that are LONGER than humans:cow 279-292 horse 330-342 llama 330 seal 330 sea lion (California) 350 zebra (Grant's) 361-390 donkey 365 giraffe 420-450 rhinoceros (black) 450 whale (sperm) 480-590 elephant (Asian) 616Further information to answer the question:Marsupials, on e whole, have short gestation periods. marsupials include animals such as kangaroos and wallabies, koalas, wombats, Tasmanian devils, possums, bandicoots, etc.The gestation period of marsupials is shorter than placental mammals of the same size because the young joeys, while in the uterus, have only a yolk-like placenta to sustain them for a short period of time. They are born, then make their way to the mother's teats, which are usually located within a pouch. There, they attach to a teat which swells in the joey's mouth and provides all the nutrition the joey needs to continue its development. The reason why these animals have such a short gestation period is because the pouch protects them, while the mothers' milk, supplied through the teat to which the joeys remain attached for several months, nurtures them much as the placenta does in placental mammals.The other reason why so many animals - including some placental mammals - have short gestation periods is that they have shorter lifespans. A rat, for example, has a lifespan of 2-3 years, and it has a gestation period of just 21-23 days. It would make no sense for an animal with a short lifespan to spend a large portion if its life with a single pregnancy. This would not necessarily ensure continuation of the species.
