AnAge entry for Propithecus tattersalli
Classification (HAGRID: 02804)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
Family: Indriidae
Genus: Propithecus
- Species
- Propithecus tattersalli
- Common name
- Golden-crowned sifaka
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 20 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Questionable
- Observations
Given the longevity of similar species, it is possible that the longevity of this species is significantly underestimated.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,642 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- Weaning
- 155 days
- Litter size
- (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 98 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 3,545 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 117%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 572884
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 30601
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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