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AnAge entry for Miopithecus talapoin

Classification (HAGRID: 03080)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
                Family: Cercopithecidae
                    Genus: Miopithecus
SpeciesMiopithecus talapoin
Common nameTalapoin

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity27.7 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizemedium
Data qualityacceptable
Observations

One male specimen lived 27.7 years at Philadelphia Zoo. It could have been older, though, because its exact date of birth is not known [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity1,395 days
Male sexual maturity2,008 days
Gestation169 days
Weaning130 days
Litter size1 (viviparous)
Litters per year1
Inter-litter interval1,096 days
Weight at birth203.8 g
Weight at weaning450 g
Adult weight1,385 g
Postnatal growth rate
Maximum longevity residual187 %

Metabolism

No information on metabolism available.

References
[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[0174] Small et al. (2004), Imaging correlates of brain function in monkeys and rats isolates a hippocampal subregion differentially vulnerable to aging, 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
[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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