AnAge entry for Ateles belzebuth

Classification (HAGRID: 02673)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
                Family: Atelidae
                    Genus: Ateles
Species: Ateles belzebuth
Common name: White-bellied spider monkey
Synonyms: Ateles bartlettii, Ateles braccatus, Cebus brissonii, Ateles chuva, Ateles fuliginosus, Ateles variegatus

Maximum longevity: 37 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Small
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: One wild born specimen of the /hybridus/ subspecies was about 37 years old when it died in captivity [0671].

No information on metabolism is available.

[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
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
[0436] Cutler (1979), Evolution of human longevity: a critical overview (PubMed)