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AnAge entry for Macaca nemestrina

Classification (HAGRID: 03069)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
                Family: Cercopithecidae
                    Genus: Macaca
SpeciesMacaca nemestrina
Common namePigtail macaque

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity37.6 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizelarge
Data qualityacceptable
ObservationsNo observations are presently available

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity1,125 days
Male sexual maturity1,095 days
Gestation172 days
Weaning324 days
Litter size1 (viviparous)
Litters per year0.8
Inter-litter interval405 days
Weight at birth462.5 g
Weight at weaning1,417 g
Adult weight7,913 g
Postnatal growth rate0.0015 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual194 %

Metabolism

No information on metabolism available.

References
[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[0152] Muehlenbein et al. (2003), Dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate as a biomarker of senescence in male non-human primates, 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
[0463] Austad (1997), Small nonhuman primates as potential models of human aging, PubMed
[0351] Short et al. (1997), Circulating antioxidants as determinants of the rate of biological aging in pigtailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina), PubMed
[0164] Holleschau and Rathbun (1994), The effects of age on glutathione peroxidase and glutathione reductase activities in lenses of Old World simians and prosimians, PubMed
[0350] Bowden et al. (1994), Immunologic markers in a longitudinal study of aging in pigtailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina), PubMed
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
[0349] Williams et al. (1990), Fingernail growth rate as a biomarker of aging in the pigtailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina), PubMed
[0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
[0348] Short et al. (1989), Ovarian cyclicity, hormones, and behavior as markers of aging in female pigtailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina), PubMed
[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
[0346] Nandy (1981), Morphological changes in the cerebellar cortex of aging Macaca nemestrina, PubMed
[0347] Burns et al. (1979), Thinning of capillary walls and declining numbers of endothelial mitochondria in the cerebral cortex of the aging primate, Macaca nemestrina, PubMed

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