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AnAge entry for Papio hamadryas


Classification (HAGRID: 03082)
TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
                Family: Cercopithecidae
                    Genus: Papio
SpeciesPapio hamadryas
Common nameHamadryas baboon

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

IMR0.06/year
MRDT4 years
Maximum longevity37.5 years (captivity)
Sourceref. 671
Sample sizelarge
Data qualityhigh
Observations

There are different subspecies of baboons, all with similar life-history parameters and a gradual ageing phenotype. Baboons have been shown both in captivity and in the wild to age about twice as fast as humans [0009]. The IMR was estimated at age 5. One captive chacma baboon has been reported to live 45 years in captivity [0434], but this has not been confirmed. One male hamadryas baboon lived 37.5 years in captivity [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity1,514 days
Male sexual maturity1,762 days
Gestation171 days
Weaning300 days
Litter size1 (viviparous)
Litters per year0.8
Inter-litter interval568 days
Weight at birth814 g
Weight at weaning3,950 g
Adult weight18,000 g
Postnatal growth rate0.0026 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual171 %

Metabolism

Typical body temperatureNot yet available
Basal metabolic rate21.0950 W
Body mass12670.8 g
Metabolic rate per body mass0.001665 W/g

References

[0763] Jeyapalan et al. (2007), Accumulation of senescent cells in mitotic tissue of aging primate, PubMed
[0708] Herbig et al. (2006), Cellular senescence in aging primates, PubMed
[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[0149] Goncharova and Lapin (2004), Age-related endocrine dysfunction in nonhuman primates, PubMed
[0150] Hilmer et al. (2004), The effect of aging on the immunohistochemistry of apolipoprotein E in the liver, PubMed
[0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology
[0151] Cogger et al. (2003), Hepatic sinusoidal pseudocapillarization with aging in the non-human primate, PubMed
[0152] Muehlenbein et al. (2003), Dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate as a biomarker of senescence in male non-human primates, PubMed
[0153] Martin et al. (2003), Variation in menstrual cycle length and cessation of menstruation in captive raised baboons, PubMed
[0154] Jayashankar et al. (2003), Lymphocyte modulation in a baboon model of immunosenescence, PubMed
[0155] Baerlocher et al. (2003), Telomere shortening in leukocyte subpopulations from baboons, PubMed
[0838] Martin et al. (2002), Lifespan in captive baboons is heritable, PubMed
[0156] Millien et al. (2002), Brain glucose hypometabolism after perirhinal lesions in baboons: implications for Alzheimer disease and aging, PubMed
[0009] Bronikowski et al. (2002), The aging baboon: comparative demography in a non-human primate, PubMed
[0157] Goncharova and Lapin (2002), Effects of aging on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal system function in non-human primates, PubMed
[0467] Lindenfors (2002), Sexually antagonistic selection on primate size
[0212] Schultz et al. (2001), Tau pathology in neurons and glial cells of aged baboon, PubMed
[0158] Attanasio et al. (2001), Age-related autoantibody production in a nonhuman primate model, PubMed
[0159] Schultz et al. (2000), Age-related progression of tau pathology in brains of baboons, PubMed
[0293] Rhine et al. (2000), Lifetime reproductive success, longevity, and reproductive life history of female yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus) of Mikumi National Park, Tanzania, PubMed
[0160] Goncharova and Lapin (2000), Changes of hormonal function of the adrenal and gonadal glands in baboons of different age groups, PubMed
[0161] Schultz et al. (2000), Filamentous tau pathology in nerve cells, astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes of aged baboons, PubMed
[0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
[0294] Wasser et al. (1998), Ageing and social rank effects on the reproductive system of free-ranging yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus) at Mikumi National Park, Tanzania, PubMed
[0162] Packer et al. (1998), Reproductive cessation in female mammals, PubMed
[0474] Rogers and Hixson (1997), Baboons as an animal model for genetic studies of common human disease, PubMed
[0163] Heffernan et al. (1995), A baboon (Papio hamadryas) model of insulin-dependent diabetes, 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
[0165] Sapolsky et al. (1993), Senescent decline in serum dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate concentrations in a population of wild baboons, PubMed
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
[0166] Lauerman et al. (1992), Age-related disk degeneration: preliminary report of a naturally occurring baboon model, 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
[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
[0345] van Zyl and Kerrich (1955), The serum lipids and age in the baboon (Papio ursinus), PubMed

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