AnAge entry for Cephalopachus bancanus

Classification (HAGRID: 02836)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
                Family: Tarsiidae
                    Genus: Cephalopachus
Species: Cephalopachus bancanus
Common name: Western tarsier
Synonyms: Tarsius bancanus

Maximum longevity: 16.3 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Small
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: This animal has a gestation time unusually big for his size [0434]. One captive specimen lived 16.3 years [0671].

No information on metabolism is available.

[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[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
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
[0436] Cutler (1979), Evolution of human longevity: a critical overview (PubMed)