AnAge entry for Hylobates agilis
Classification (HAGRID: 02794)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
Family: Hylobatidae
Genus: Hylobates
- Species
- Hylobates agilis
- Common name
- Agile gibbon
- Synonyms
- Hylobates rafflei, Hylobates unko, Hylobates albo nigrescens, Hylobates albo griseus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 49 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One wild born female, estimated to be around 49 years old, was still alive in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 2,849 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,825 days
- Gestation
- 216 days
- Weaning
- 724 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 0.3
- Inter-litter interval
- 1,138 days
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 5,925 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 265%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1308] Myhrvold et al. (2015), An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0467] Lindenfors (2002), Sexually antagonistic selection on primate size
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
- [0436] Cutler (1979), Evolution of human longevity: a critical overview (PubMed)
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 573069
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 9579
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