AnAge entry for Gorilla gorilla

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Little is known about ageing in gorillas. One wild born female was about 53.5 years when she died in captivity [0671]. The record longevity, however, appears to belong to a female called "Jenny" that died at Dallas Zoo from an inoperable stomach tumour at 55.4 years of age. She showed early signs of cataracts.

Life history traits (averages)

Metabolism

References

[0715] Lorenzini et al. (2005), Cellular replicative capacity correlates primarily with species body mass not longevity, PubMed
[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[0341] Atsalis et al. (2004), Sexual behavior and hormonal estrus cycles in captive aged lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla), 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
[0342] Kimura et al. (2001), Senile plaques in an aged western lowland gorilla, PubMed
[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
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
[0059] Tolmasoff et al. (1980), Superoxide dismutase: correlation with life-span and specific metabolic rate in primate species, PubMed
[0436] Cutler (1979), Evolution of human longevity: a critical overview, PubMed

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