Opossum
Raccoons have a gestation period of 63-65 days.
The gestation period for a bird depends on the type of bird. The gestation period for a emperor penguin is 64 to 67 days.
The gestation period for the horse is typically 11 months.
Lions have a gestation period of 110 days.
The gestation period of a yak is approximately 260 days.
The shortest known gestation period is the Virginian opossum, which is 12 days. The longest period belongs to the Indian elephant, which has a gestation period of 22 months.
Two marsupials share the shortest gestation period. The Virginian opossum and the yapok (an unusual, rare water opossum) have a gestation period period of 12-13 days. Several sources cite the Eastern quoll of Australia as also having a gestation period of 12-13 days, but this is incorrect. The Eastern quoll's gestation period is 21 days. The longest known gestation period of any animal is that of the African elephant. Its gestation period averages 660 days but can extend to 760 days.
The gestation for mice is approximately 19-21 days.
The minimum gestation period is 23 weeks gestational age (17 weeks premature) for the infant to survive due to advances in medical technology.
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.
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It is a fallacy that any mammal has a gestation period of 8 days. Two marsupials share the shortest gestation period. The Virginian opossum and the yapok (an unusual, rare water opossum) have a gestation period period of 12-13 days. Several sources cite the Eastern quoll of Australia as also having a gestation period of anywhere between 8 and 13 days, but this is incorrect. The Eastern quoll's gestation period is 20-24 days.
Shortest: American Opossum or Virginian Opossum - 8 days Longest: Asiatic Elephant - 760 days *These are mammals, the longest remains the same but the shortest would be the house fly with a gestation period of 24 hours.
It depends on the species. Two marsupials share the shortest gestation period. The Virginian opossum and the yapok (an unusual, rare water opossum) have a gestation period period of 12-13 days. On the other end of the scale, tree kangaroos have the longest gestation period, being 39-45 days. Most other marsupials range between 21 and 33 days.
It is believed that the animal with the shortest pregnancy is the bandicoot. They have a gestation period that only last 12 days.
The gestation period for opossums is generally 11-13 days. However, they do stay in the mother's pouch for about 60 days.
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