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| Main Ref: | van der Elst, R.P. and F. Adkin (eds.), 1991 | |||||||||||
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| Country: | South Africa | |||||||||||
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| Locality: | South Africa | |||||||||||
| Season: |
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 111 | 111 | 111 | ||||||||||
| Sex ratio: | % Ref.: | |||||||||||
| Temperature: | - °C | |||||||||||
| Gestation period: | 8 - 9 month/s | |||||||||||
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Ref.:
Compagno, L.J.V., 1984
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| Length of offspring: | 95 - 105 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: | Pupping occurs during winter, with 2 pups of about 100 cm TL; gestation lasts from 8-9 months.; oviphagus; size at birth 95 to 105 cm (Ref. 247). It has been proposed that sand tigers are only pregnant in alternate years, that the reproductive cycle is at least 2 years, with only 2 pups per litter (Ref. 32438). | |||||||||||
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