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Animal gestation periods-What are the shortest and the longest and lengths?
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.
What are the shortest and longest of animal gestation?
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.
What animal has the shortest pregnancy hamster rabbit or guinnea pig?
It is believed that the animal with the shortest pregnancy is the bandicoot. They have a gestation period that only last 12 days.
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 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.
Animal gestation periods - What are the shortest and the longest and their lengths?
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.
What is the shortest gestation period with infant survival?
Opossum
What is the relationship between gestation and the size of the animal?
Not always, but in general, the larger the animal, the longer the gestation period.
What is the typical relationship between the size of an animal at birth and it gestation?
Gestation vetoes from species to species and usually relates to the size of birth-- the smaller the animal the smaller the gestation
How long is a squirrels gestation period?
The gestation for mice is approximately 19-21 days.
Name the mammal that has the shortest gestation period of 8 days?
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.
What is the difference between pregnancy and gestation?
Gestation is used for animal, but pregnancy use for human.
