AnAge entry for Eulemur macaco

Classification (HAGRID: 02808)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
                Family: Lemuridae
                    Genus: Eulemur
Species: Eulemur macaco
Common name: Black lemur
Synonyms: Lemur leucomystax, Lemur macaco niger

Maximum longevity: 37.5 years (captivity)
Source: Thomas Brockmann, pers. comm.
Sample size: Medium
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: A hybrid between a brown and a black lemur lived 39 years [0434]. One captive male was 37.5 years of age when he died in 2013 at Dresden Zoo (Thomas Brockmann, pers. comm.).

No information on metabolism is available.

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[0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
[0681] Peter Kappeler and Michael Pereira (2003), Primate Life Histories and Socioecology
[0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
[0679] Harvey and Clutton-Brock (1985), Life-history variation in primates