AnAge entry for Lemur catta
Classification (HAGRID: 02813)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
Family: Lemuridae
Genus: Lemur
- Species
- Lemur catta
- Common name
- Ring-tailed lemur
- Synonyms
- Maki mococo
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 37.3 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- High
- Observations
One 37.3 year old female was still alive in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 595 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 912 days
- Gestation
- 135 days
- Weaning
- 152 days
- Litter size
- 1.1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 0.9
- Inter-litter interval
- 365 days
- Weight at birth
- 70.6 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 2,555 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 229%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1301] Zehr et al. (2014), Life history profiles for 27 strepsirrhine primate taxa generated using captive data from the Duke Lemur Center (PubMed)
- [1143] Nussey et al. (2013), Senescence in natural populations of animals: widespread evidence and its implications for bio-gerontology (PubMed)
- [1136] Gomes et al. (2011), Comparative biology of mammalian telomeres: hypotheses on ancestral states and the roles of telomeres in longevity determination (PubMed)
- [1142] Kohler et al. (2006), Comparative mortality levels among selected species of captive animals
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0681] Peter Kappeler and Michael Pereira (2003), Primate Life Histories and Socioecology
- [0108] Steinert et al. (2002), Telomere biology and cellular aging in nonhuman primate cells (PubMed)
- [0467] Lindenfors (2002), Sexually antagonistic selection on primate size
- [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
- [0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
- [0679] Harvey and Clutton-Brock (1985), Life-history variation in primates
- [0436] Cutler (1979), Evolution of human longevity: a critical overview (PubMed)
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 572872
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- Taxonomy ID 9447
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