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yes it does. the larger the mammal the longer its gestation period :)
Gestation.
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This is called the gestation period in mammals, and pregnancy in humans.
Placental Mammals.
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.
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 African elephant holds the record for the longest gestation period among terrestrial mammals, lasting around 22 months.
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.
With regard to carrying unborn young, marsupials have a very short gestation period compared to that of placental mammals of similar size. For example, a quoll has a gestation period of 21 days. It is often compared in size to a cat, which has a gestation period of 63-65 days. A wallaby's gestation period averages 30 days; a similar-sized dog has a gestation period of up to 65 days, depending on the breed. The shorter gestation period of marsupials is because they have a yolk-like placenta by which to nourish the young. By contrast, the placenta of placental mammals, or eutherians, nourishes the developing embryo using the mother's blood supply. This allows for longer gestation time.
The term "gestation length" refers to mammals. Pheasants are birds, not mammals. So the number you are looking for is more commonly referred to as "time to hatching" or perhaps "incubation length."