AnAge entry for Saimiri sciureus

Classification (HAGRID: 03036)
Taxonomy	Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry) Order: Primates (Taxon entry) Family: Cebidae Genus: Saimiri
Species	Saimiri sciureus
Common name	South American squirrel monkey
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
Maximum longevity	30.2 years (captivity)
Source	ref. 671
Sample size	large
Data quality	high
Observations	One hybrid between a common and a Bolivian squirrel monkey lived 32 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
Female sexual maturity	1,003 days
Male sexual maturity	1,826 days
Gestation	161 days
Weaning	177 days
Litter size	1 (viviparous)
Litters per year	1
Inter-litter interval	365 days
Weight at birth	107 g
Weight at weaning	403 g
Adult weight	925 g
Postnatal growth rate	0.0125 days^-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual	217 %
Metabolism
Typical body temperature	311ºK or 38.0ºC or 100.4ºF
Basal metabolic rate	4.4290 W
Body mass	836.7 g
Metabolic rate per body mass	0.005293 W/g
References
[0826] Qin et al. (2006), Calorie restriction attenuates Alzheimer's disease type brain amyloidosis in Squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus), PubMed [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World [0192] McCormack et al. (2004), Aging of the nigrostriatal system in the squirrel monkey, PubMed [0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology [0193] Brady et al. (2003), Studies of heart disease and failure in aged female squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sp.), PubMed [0420] White and Seymour (2003), Mammalian basal metabolic rate is proportional to body mass2/3, PubMed [0108] Steinert et al. (2002), Telomere biology and cellular aging in nonhuman primate cells, PubMed [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 [0388] Ghilardi et al. (1996), Intra-arterial infusion of [125I]A beta 1-40 labels amyloid deposits in the aged primate brain in vivo, PubMed [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data [0390] Ingram et al. (1990), Dietary restriction and aging: the initiation of a primate study, PubMed [0389] Walker et al. (1990), Amyloid in the brains of aged squirrel monkeys, PubMed [0075] Selkoe et al. (1987), Conservation of brain amyloid proteins in aged mammals and humans with Alzheimer's disease, PubMed [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
External resources
Integrated Taxonomic Information System	ITIS 180095
Animal Diversity Web	ADW account
Encyclopedia of Life	Search EOL
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