Table 3 The life-history traits of living bovid species used to estimate those of the TD10.2-BB bison from three database: PanTHERIA78(a), AnAge79(b) and Animal Diversity Web80(c).

From: Ecologically sustainable human exploitation of the Gran Dolina TD10.2 bison (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain)

Species

ABM

NBM

AFB

LS

LY

L

Bison bison

625a

20.00a

3.00a

0.98a

0.90a

18c

Bison bonasus

676a

23.36a

2.93a

1.00a

0.57a

19c

Bos frontalis

800a

22.98a

2.42a

1.22a

1.10a

26c

Bos grunniens

667b

18.00b

2.82a

1.00a

0.80b

25c

Bos javanicus

700b

2.50a

1.00b

1.00a

18c

Bos sauveli

796c

1.00b

1.00c

20c

Bos taurus

750b

1.00b

1.00a

20c

Boselaphus tragocamelus

182a

5.88a

2.50a

1.39a

1.05a

21c

Bubalus bubalis

1000c

37.50a

1.50c

1.00c

0.50c

25c

Bubalus depressicornis

155b

-

2.00c

1.00a

1.00a

20c

Bubalus mindorensis

240c

-

2.00c

1.00a

0.50c

20c

Bubalus quarlesi

182a

2.00c

1.00a

1.00a

29c

Pseudoryx nghetinhensis

90c

1.00c

1.00c

18c

Syncerus caffer

593a

40a

4.00a

1.08a

0.40b

22c

Taurotragus derbianus

680b

3.03b

1.00b

20c

Taurotragus oryx

563a

30.89a

1.61b

1.02c

1.10b

24c

Tragelaphus scriptus

43a

3.03a

1.36c

1.00a

1.55b

15c

Tragelaphus spekii

88c

4.00a

1.10b

1.00a

0.97c

23c

Tragelaphus strepsiceros

218b

15.37a

1.42b

1.00a

1.00b

23c

Tragelaphus angasii

120b

5.54a

1.24b

1.00a

1.24b

19c

Tragelaphus buxtoni

215a

1.75c

1.00a

18c

Tragelaphus eurycerus

308b

19.94a

2.21b

1.00a

0.70b

22c

Tragelaphus imberbis

83b

5.89a

1.38b

1.00a

1.41b

19a

TD10.2-BB bison

411

18.48

2.21

1.00

0.89

20

  1. ABM adult body mass (in kg), NBM neonate body mass (in kg), AFB age at first birth (in years), LS litter size, LY litters per year, L longevity (in years). The cells show a dash when there are no values for some variables.