AnAge entry for Cebus albifrons

Classification (HAGRID: 02703)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
                Family: Cebidae
                    Genus: Cebus (Taxon entry)
Species: Cebus albifrons
Common name: White-fronted capuchin
Synonyms: Cebus gracilis

Maximum longevity: 40.4 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Medium
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: One captive specimen lived 40.4 years [0671]. There is also one unverified claim of one animal of unknown sex living 44 years in captivity [0574].

No information on metabolism is available.

[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
[0574] Hakeem et al. (1996), Brain and life span in primates
[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
[0679] Harvey and Clutton-Brock (1985), Life-history variation in primates
[0436] Cutler (1979), Evolution of human longevity: a critical overview (PubMed)