AnAge entry for Callithrix jacchus

Classification (HAGRID: 02994)
Taxonomy	Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry) Order: Primates (Taxon entry) Family: Callitrichidae Genus: Callithrix
Species	Callithrix jacchus
Common name	White-tufted-ear marmoset
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
Maximum longevity	16.5 years (captivity)
Source	ref. 671
Sample size	large
Data quality	high
Observations	These animals appear to be amongst the fastest ageing primates [0463]. One female lived 16.5 years in captivity [0406]. In addition, one male specimen reportedly lived 22.8 years in captivity [0671]. Although possible, because there are no other known cases of common marmosets living over 16.5 years, the accuracy of this report is considered questionable.
Life history traits (averages)
Female sexual maturity	477 days
Male sexual maturity	382 days
Gestation	144 days
Weaning	62 days
Litter size	2 (viviparous)
Litters per year	2
Inter-litter interval	169 days
Weight at birth	26.5 g
Weight at weaning	86.67 g
Adult weight	255.2 g
Postnatal growth rate	0.0172 days^-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual	144 %
Metabolism
Typical body temperature	309ºK or 36.0ºC or 96.8ºF
Basal metabolic rate	0.8480 W
Body mass	190.0 g
Metabolic rate per body mass	0.004463 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 [0186] Abbott et al. (2003), Aspects of common marmoset basic biology and life history important for biomedical research, PubMed [0187] Wu et al. (2003), Selective age-related loss of calbindin-D28k from basal forebrain cholinergic neurons in the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus), PubMed [0420] White and Seymour (2003), Mammalian basal metabolic rate is proportional to body mass2/3, PubMed [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 [0188] Berkovitz and Pacy (2000), Age changes in the cells of the intra-articular disc of the temporomandibular joints of rats and marmosets, PubMed [0189] Kapahi et al. (1999), Positive correlation between mammalian life span and cellular resistance to stress, PubMed [0190] Harada et al. (1999), Age-related changes in the brainstem auditory evoked potentials of the marmoset, PubMed [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World [0463] Austad (1997), Small nonhuman primates as potential models of human aging, 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 [0191] O'Neill and Levy (1986), Lymphocyte subsets in the young and aging marmoset (Callithrix jacchus), PubMed [0679] Harvey and Clutton-Brock (1985), Life-history variation in primates [0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves [0436] Cutler (1979), Evolution of human longevity: a critical overview, PubMed [0406] iPAD
External resources
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