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The gestational period for a mammal varies. Smaller mammals tend to have a shorter gestational period than larger mammals.

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Do all mammals have the same gestation period?

NO


What is the relationship between body size and gestation period in placental mammals?

yes it does. the larger the mammal the longer its gestation period :)


The period during which mammals develop inside the uterus is called?

Gestation.


What is relationship between body size and gestation period in placental mammals?

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What do you call the pregnancy of the animals?

This is called the gestation period in mammals, and pregnancy in humans.


How long is the gestation period for a mammal?

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.


Mammals that carry their young in the uterus for a long gestation period until they are well developed and then born are?

Placental Mammals.


What is the mean of gestation?

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.


What species has the longest gestation period?

The African elephant holds the record for the longest gestation period among terrestrial mammals, lasting around 22 months.


How does gestation times and mammals compare?

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.


How do marsupials differ from all other mammals with respect to carrying unborn young?

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.


What is the Gestation period for pheasant eggs?

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."