AnAge entry for Otolemur crassicaudatus
Classification (HAGRID: 02784)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
Family: Galagidae
Genus: Otolemur
- Species
- Otolemur crassicaudatus
- Common name
- Brown greater galago, or Greater galago
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 22.7 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One captive specimen of the subspecies /monteiri/ lived 22.7 years in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 495 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 639 days
- Gestation
- 130 days
- Weaning
- 138 days
- Litter size
- 1.5 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- 119 days
- Weight at birth
- 43.2 g
- Weight at weaning
- 500 g
- Adult weight
- 1,095 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 159%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 310ºK or 36.6ºC or 97.9ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 2.5950 W
- Body mass
- 993.5 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.002612 W/g
References
- [1032] McNab (2008), An analysis of the factors that influence the level and scaling of mammalian BMR (PubMed)
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology
- [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
- [0384] Maas (1993), Enamel microstructure and molar wear in the greater galago, Otolemur crassicaudatus (Mammalia, Primates) (PubMed)
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
- [0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
- [0679] Harvey and Clutton-Brock (1985), Life-history variation in primates
- [0059] Tolmasoff et al. (1980), Superoxide dismutase: correlation with life-span and specific metabolic rate in primate species (PubMed)
- [0436] Cutler (1979), Evolution of human longevity: a critical overview (PubMed)
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- ITIS 572902
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- Taxonomy ID 9463
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