AnAge entry for Brachyteles arachnoides
Classification (HAGRID: 03127)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
Family: Cebidae
Genus: Brachyteles
- Species
- Brachyteles arachnoides
- Common name
- Woolly spider monkey or muriqui
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Little is known about the longevity of these animals. It has been reported that they live up to 30 years [0467], which is possible but unconfirmed. One 14.5 year old specimen was still alive in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 2,738 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 232 days
- Weaning
- 662 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 0.3
- Inter-litter interval
- 730 days
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 11,170 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [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
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
- [0679] Harvey and Clutton-Brock (1985), Life-history variation in primates
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- ITIS 572959
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