AnAge entry for Leontopithecus rosalia
Classification (HAGRID: 02691)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
Family: Callitrichidae
Genus: Leontopithecus
- Species
- Leontopithecus rosalia
- Common name
- Golden lion tamarin
- Synonyms
- Leontopithecus aurora, Leontocebus leoninus, Leontopithecus marikina, Jacchus rosalia guyannensis, Jacchus rosalia brasiliensis
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 31.6 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- High
- Observations
A relatively long-lived species. In captivity, these animals have been reported to live up to 31.6 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 547 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Gestation
- 128 days
- Weaning
- 131 days
- Litter size
- 2 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1.8
- Inter-litter interval
- 189 days
- Weight at birth
- 55.3 g
- Weight at weaning
- 165 g
- Adult weight
- 654.5 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.0077 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
- Maximum longevity residual
- 240%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1142] Kohler et al. (2006), Comparative mortality levels among selected species of captive animals
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [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
- [0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
- [0448] Woodland Park Zoo
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 572922
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- Taxonomy ID 30588
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