AnAge entry for Bradypus tridactylus
Classification (HAGRID: 02655)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Pilosa
Family: Bradypodidae
Genus: Bradypus
- Species
- Bradypus tridactylus
- Common name
- Pale-throated three-toed sloth
- Synonyms
- Acheus ai, Bradypus cuculliger, Bradypus cummunis, Bradypus gularis, Arctopithecus blainvillii, Arctopithecus flaccidus, Arctopithecus flaccidus dysonii, Arctopithecus flaccidus smithii
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
There are no detailed studies of longevity in this species but it has been estimated they live up to 40 years in the wild [0542]. These animals are difficult to breed in captivity [0434], and hence their maximum longevity must be classified as unknown.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,642 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,095 days
- Gestation
- 141 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 179 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 4,250 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
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
- [0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 624887
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 9354
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