AnAge entry for Nycticebus pygmaeus
Classification (HAGRID: 02822)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
Family: Lorisidae
Genus: Nycticebus
- Species
- Nycticebus pygmaeus
- Common name
- Pygmy slow loris
- Synonyms
- Nycticebus intermedius
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 19.3 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 1301
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
It has been reported that these animals live up to 20 years [0467], which is possible but has not been confirmed. One captive specimen lived to be 19.2 at the Duke Lemur Center [1301].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 273 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 188 days
- Weaning
- 133 days
- Litter size
- 2 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- 448 days
- Weight at birth
- 23 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 419 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 156%
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)
- [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
- [0467] Lindenfors (2002), Sexually antagonistic selection on primate size
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 572891
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 101278
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