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AnAge entry for Nycticebus coucang

Classification (HAGRID: 03145)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
                Family: Loridae
                    Genus: Nycticebus
SpeciesNycticebus coucang
Common nameSlow loris

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity25.8 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizemedium
Data qualityacceptable
Observations

One captive specimen lived 25.8 years [0671]. There is also one report of a 26.5 year old animal [0574], which has not been confirmed.

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity578 days
Male sexual maturity
Gestation188 days
Weaning177 days
Litter size1 (viviparous)
Litters per year1
Inter-litter interval492 days
Weight at birth48.2 g
Weight at weaning520 g
Adult weight890.5 g
Postnatal growth rate
Maximum longevity residual186 %

Metabolism

Typical body temperature309ºK or 35.4ºC or 95.7ºF
Basal metabolic rate1.5040 W
Body mass1128.6 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.001333 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
[0681] Peter Kappeler and Michael Pereira (2003), Primate Life Histories and Socioecology
[0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
[0467] Lindenfors (2002), Sexually antagonistic selection on primate size
[0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
[0574] Hakeem et al. (1996), Brain and life span in primates
[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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