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How old does a Red slender loris get? (age expectancy)

What is the maximal age a Red slender loris reaches?

An adult Red slender loris (Loris tardigradus) usually gets as old as 16.33 years.

Red slender loriss are around 166 days in the womb of their mother. When born, they weight 11 grams (0.02 lbs) and measure 14 cm (0′ 6″). As a member of the Loridae family (genus: Loris), their offspring is 1 babies per pregnancy. Fully grown, they reach a bodylength of 22.4 cm (0′ 9″).

As a reference: Usually, humans get as old as 100 years, with the average being around 75 years. After being carried in the belly of their mother for 280 days (40 weeks), they grow to an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) and weight in at 62 kg (137 lbs), which is obviously highly individual.

A Red slender loris gets as old as 16.33 years

The red slender loris (Loris tardigradus) is a small, nocturnal strepsirrhine primate native to the rainforests of Sri Lanka. This is #6 of the 10 focal species and #22 of the 100 EDGE mammal species worldwide considered the most evolutionarily distinct and globally endangered. Two subspecies have been identified, L. t. tardigradus and L. t. nycticeboides.

Animals of the same family as a Red slender loris

Not really brothers and sisters, but from the same biological family (Loridae):

Animals that reach the same age as Red slender loris

With an average age of 16.33 years, Red slender loris are in good companionship of the following animals:

Animals with the same number of babies Red slender loris

The same number of babies at once (1) are born by:

Weighting as much as Red slender loris

A fully grown Red slender loris reaches around 249 grams (0.55 lbs). So do these animals:

Animals as big as a Red slender loris

Those animals grow as big as a Red slender loris: