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Animal Characteristics and Activities

Which animal has the longest gestation period?

The animal with the longest gestation period is not a mammal; it is the viviparous amphibian the Alpine black salamander, which can have a gestation period of up to 38 months at altitudes above 4,600 feet (1,402 meters) in the Swiss Alps. It bears two fully metamorphosed young.



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