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AnAge entry for Galago senegalensis


Classification (HAGRID: 03110)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
                Family: Galagonidae
                    Genus: Galago
SpeciesGalago senegalensis
Common nameSenegal galago

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity17.1 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizemedium
Data qualityacceptable
Observations

Although it has been argued that these animals live up to 18.8 years [0610], record longevity in captivity is 17.1 years [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity240 days
Male sexual maturity300 days
Gestation126 days
Weaning89 days
Litter size1.5 (viviparous)
Litters per year2
Inter-litter interval225 days
Weight at birth12.2 g
Weight at weaning100 g
Adult weight192.2 g
Postnatal growth rate0.0169 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual156 %

Metabolism

Typical body temperature311ºK or 37.9ºC or 100.2ºF
Basal metabolic rate0.7640 W
Body mass171.5 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.004455 W/g

References

[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology
[0420] White and Seymour (2003), Mammalian basal metabolic rate is proportional to body mass2/3, PubMed
[0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
[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
[0463] Austad (1997), Small nonhuman primates as potential models of human aging, PubMed
[0084] Schmechel et al. (1996), Cholinergic axonal dystrophy and mitochondrial pathology in prosimian primates, PubMed
[0164] Holleschau and Rathbun (1994), The effects of age on glutathione peroxidase and glutathione reductase activities in lenses of Old World simians and prosimians, PubMed
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
[0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
[0679] Harvey and Clutton-Brock (1985), Life-history variation in primates
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
[0436] Cutler (1979), Evolution of human longevity: a critical overview, PubMed

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