AnAge entry for Daubentonia madagascariensis

Classification (HAGRID: 03106)
Taxonomy	Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry) Order: Primates (Taxon entry) Family: Daubentoniidae Genus: Daubentonia
Species	Daubentonia madagascariensis
Common name	Aye-aye
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
Maximum longevity	23.3 years (captivity)
Source	ref. 671
Sample size	small
Data quality	acceptable
Observations	One captive specimen lived 23.3 years at Amsterdam Zoo [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
Female sexual maturity	882 days
Male sexual maturity
Gestation	167 days
Weaning	197 days
Litter size	1 (viviparous)
Litters per year	1
Inter-litter interval	912 days
Weight at birth	109 g
Weight at weaning	1,535 g
Adult weight	2,278 g
Postnatal growth rate
Maximum longevity residual	146 %
Metabolism
No information on metabolism 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 [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 [0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals [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 572886
Animal Diversity Web	ADW account
Encyclopedia of Life	Search EOL
Genome Project	Search NCBI
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