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AnAge entry for Alouatta palliata

Classification (HAGRID: 03013)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
                Family: Cebidae
                    Genus: Alouatta
SpeciesAlouatta palliata
Common nameMantled howler monkey

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity24 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizesmall
Data qualityacceptable
Observations

In the wild, adults are estimated to live on average 16 years [0434]. One wild born female lived more than 15 years in captivity and could have been as old as 24 [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity1,095 days
Male sexual maturity1,278 days
Gestation186 days
Weaning433 days
Litter size1 (viviparous)
Litters per year0.6
Inter-litter interval384 days
Weight at birth409 g
Weight at weaning1,100 g
Adult weight7,000 g
Postnatal growth rate
Maximum longevity residual126 %

Metabolism

Typical body temperature309ºK or 36.0ºC or 96.8ºF
Basal metabolic rate11.4640 W
Body mass4670.0 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.002455 W/g

References
[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
[0420] White and Seymour (2003), Mammalian basal metabolic rate is proportional to body mass2/3, PubMed
[0681] Peter Kappeler and Michael Pereira (2003), Primate Life Histories and Socioecology
[0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
[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
[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

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