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AnAge entry for Cercopithecus mitis

Classification (HAGRID: 03048)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
                Family: Cercopithecidae
                    Genus: Cercopithecus
SpeciesCercopithecus mitis
Common nameBlue monkey

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity37.8 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizesmall
Data qualityacceptable
Observations

One 37.8 year old specimen was still alive in captivity [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity1,673 days
Male sexual maturity1,673 days
Gestation132 days
Weaning315 days
Litter size1 (viviparous)
Litters per year0.5
Inter-litter interval515 days
Weight at birth366.4 g
Weight at weaning
Adult weight9,000 g
Postnatal growth rate
Maximum longevity residual192 %

Metabolism

Typical body temperature311ºK or 37.5ºC or 99.5ºF
Basal metabolic rate19.2760 W
Body mass8648.7 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.002229 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
[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
[0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
[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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