AnAge entry for Eulemur macaco
Classification (HAGRID: 03235)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
Family: Lemuridae
Genus: Eulemur
- Species
- Eulemur macaco
- Common name
- Black lemur
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 36.2 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
A hybrid between a brown and a black lemur lived 39 years [0434]. One captive female was still alive after 36.2 years in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 548 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 548 days
- Gestation
- 127 days
- Weaning
- 152 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- 365 days
- Weight at birth
- 74.67 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 2,500 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 223%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [0681] Peter Kappeler and Michael Pereira (2003), Primate Life Histories and Socioecology
- [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
- [0679] Harvey and Clutton-Brock (1985), Life-history variation in primates
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- ITIS 572866
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