AnAge entry for Nycticebus pygmaeus
Classification (HAGRID: 03247)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
Family: Loridae
Genus: Nycticebus
- Species
- Nycticebus pygmaeus
- Common name
- Pygmy loris
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 17.1 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
It has been reported that these animals live up to 20 years [0467], which is possible but has not been confirmed. Record longevity for this species belongs to one male specimen that was at least 17.1 year old, but probably older, when it died in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 273 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 188 days
- Weaning
- 133 days
- Litter size
- 2 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- 448 days
- Weight at birth
- 23 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 419 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 139%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is 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
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- ITIS 572891
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