AnAge entry for Allenopithecus nigroviridis

Classification (HAGRID: 02710)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
                Family: Cercopithecidae
                    Genus: Allenopithecus
Species: Allenopithecus nigroviridis
Common name: Allen's swamp monkey

Maximum longevity: 27 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Medium
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: These animals have been estimated to live up to 23 years in the wild [0542]. One wild born specimen was about 27 years old when it died in captivity [0671]. There is also one unverified longevity record of 28 years [0467].

No information on metabolism is available.

[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[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
[0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals