The period of time a mammal is pregnant (gestation period) ranges depending on the species. The species of mammal with the longest gestation period is the Asiatic Elephant with a maximum gestation period of 760 days. The shortest of American Opossum with a minimum of 8 days.
It is different for every mammal. Whales can pregnant for up to 17 months, a giraffes gestation period is about 15 months. It just depends on the mammal.
The African Bush Elephant, Loxodonta Africana, has the longest gestation period of mammals, at 22 months.
There are many mammals with less and some mammals with more weeks of pregnancy, but the nearest to 50 weeks (350 days) is the Llama, which has a gestation period of 330 days.
Every mammal is different in that respect. Mice can be only a week or so, while elephants and similar large mammals may gestate over a year.
Gestation
yes it does. the larger the mammal the longer its gestation period :)
Gestation
Gestation time is the length of time that it takes from fertilization to birth.
Yes placental mammals have quite long gestation periods. The length is often comparable to size of the animal, larger animals like elephants and hippos have very long gestation.
The puma's gestation period is 91 days long.
The puma's gestation period is 91 days long.
The gestation period of the Springbok is 24 weeks.
Horses have a gestation period of 340 days.
The gestation period of a raccoon is 63 days.
Gestation is the length of time that a female mammal carries her baby before birth. Only mammals give birth to live young, so the word is only used to refer to mammals. The gestation period is different for every mammal. Humans have a gestation period of around nine months.
The gestation period for opossums is generally 11-13 days. However, they do stay in the mother's pouch for about 60 days.