Two years.
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 period for a pig is around 3 months, 3 weeks, and 3 days (approximately 114 days). In comparison, the gestation period for a human is around 9 months (approximately 280 days), making human gestation significantly longer than that of a pig.
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.
The gestation period of an antelope varies depending on the species, but generally ranges from 6 to 9 months.
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.
The gestation period of elephant seals is 11.3 months.
Southern elephant seals have a gestation period of 11.3 months.
usually a elephant lives 60 - 80. but this one lives 20-50.
The African elephant holds the record for the longest gestation period among terrestrial mammals, lasting around 22 months.
around 22 months
22 months is the gestation period.
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.
In general, larger mammals have longer gestation periods. The African Bush Elephant has the longest gestation period at 22 months. Placental mammals have longer gestation periods than marsupials. Some small marsupials have gestation periods of less than two weeks.
A giraffe has a gestation period of approximately 455 days an elephant 660
None, the longest is the Asian elephant after a gestation period of 19 to 22 months.
Yes (among mammals, at least). The gestation period of the African Elephant is over 650 days, longer than any other mammal. The Asian Elephant's gestation period is second longest of mammals, at around 600-650 days.