AnAge entry for Macaca sylvanus
Classification (HAGRID: 03175)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Macaca
- Species
- Macaca sylvanus
- Common name
- Barbary macaque
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 29.1 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- High
- Observations
These animals have been reported to live up to 29.1 years in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,399 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 2,007 days
- Gestation
- 164 days
- Weaning
- 213 days
- Litter size
- 1.5 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- 365 days
- Weight at birth
- 450 g
- Weight at weaning
- 2,420 g
- Adult weight
- 10,875 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 143%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [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
- [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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 573027
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