AnAge entry for Saguinus imperator
Classification (HAGRID: 02696)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
Family: Callitrichidae
Genus: Saguinus
- Species
- Saguinus imperator
- Common name
- Emperor tamarin
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 23.7 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- High
- Observations
In captivity, these animals have been reported to live up to 23.7 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 546 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Gestation
- 145 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 2 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- 47 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 518.5 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 186%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0467] Lindenfors (2002), Sexually antagonistic selection on primate size
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
- [0321] Letcher (1992), Survey of Saguinus mortality in a zoo colony (PubMed)
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 572926
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 9491
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