AnAge entry for Eulemur rubriventer
Classification (HAGRID: 02810)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
Family: Lemuridae
Genus: Eulemur
- Species
- Eulemur rubriventer
- Common name
- Red-bellied lemur
- Synonyms
- Lemur flaviventer, Prosimia rufipes, Lemur rufiventer
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 31.7 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 1301
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
A captive red-bellied lemur lived 31.7 years [1301].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 646 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,350 days
- Gestation
- 120 days
- Weaning
- Clutch or litter size
- 1
- Breedings per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 76.5 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 2,192 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 200%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1301] Zehr et al. (2014), Life history profiles for 27 strepsirrhine primate taxa generated using captive data from the Duke Lemur Center (PubMed)
- [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
- [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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 572868
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 34829
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