AnAge entry for Bradypus torquatus
Classification (HAGRID: 02654)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Pilosa
Family: Bradypodidae
Genus: Bradypus
- Species
- Bradypus torquatus
- Common name
- Maned three-toed sloth
- Synonyms
- Bradypus melanotis, Bradypus cristatus, Bradypus crinitus, Bradypus affinis, Hemibradypus mareyi
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
In the wild, these animals are estimated to live up to 12 years [0542]. Their longevity in captivity could be much longer, though.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 150 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 3,875 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [0470] Taube et al. (2001), Reproductive biology and postnatal development in sloths, Bradypus and Choloepus: review with original data from the field (French Guiana) and from captivity
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
- [0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 624886
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 227087
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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