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| Main Ref: | Compagno, L.J.V., 1984 | |||||||||||
| Data Ref.: | Compagno, L.J.V., 1984 | |||||||||||
| Country: | Madagascar | |||||||||||
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| Locality: | Off Madagascar | |||||||||||
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| Temperature: | - °C | |||||||||||
| Gestation period: | 10 - 12 month/s | |||||||||||
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Compagno, L.J.V., 1984
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| Length of offspring: | 38 - 72 cm | |||||||||||
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Compagno, L.J.V., 1984 Compagno, L.J.V., 1984 Min Ref.: Compagno, L.J.V., 1984 Max Ref.: Compagno, L.J.V., 1984 |
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| Comments: | Viviparous with a yolk-sac placenta; number of young commonly 4 to 7; gestation period 10 to 12 months; young born in late spring or early summer off South Africa, Madagascar, India and in the North Atlantic (April to June); females are thought to produce young only in alternate years; nursery and pupping grounds are located inshore where pregnant females go to drop their young; size at birth 38 to 72 cm. | |||||||||||
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