AnAge entry for Ateles marginatus
Classification (HAGRID: 02677)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
Family: Atelidae
Genus: Ateles
- Species
- Ateles marginatus
- Common name
- White-whiskered spider monkey
- Synonyms
- Ateles frontalis
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 44 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Tiny
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Two wild born females are still living in captivity at an estimated age of 44 [0671]. Still, not much is known about these animals.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,461 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,826 days
- Gestation
- 141 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 6,000 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 238%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1308] Myhrvold et al. (2015), An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles
- [1125] Alberts et al. (2013), Reproductive aging patterns in primates reveal that humans are distinct (PubMed)
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0730] Smith et al. (2003), Body mass of late Quaternary mammals
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 572956
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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