AnAge entry for Hylobates pileatus
Classification (HAGRID: 02799)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
Family: Hylobatidae
Genus: Hylobates
- Species
- Hylobates pileatus
- Common name
- Pileated gibbon
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 38 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One wild born specimen was still living at about 38 years of age [0671]. There is also one longevity record of 39 years [0467], but this has not been confirmed.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 2,555 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,825 days
- Gestation
- 228 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 5,735 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 207%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1308] Myhrvold et al. (2015), An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0467] Lindenfors (2002), Sexually antagonistic selection on primate size
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
- [0436] Cutler (1979), Evolution of human longevity: a critical overview (PubMed)
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 573078
- Animal Diversity Web
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 9589
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