AnAge entry for Cercocebus torquatus
Classification (HAGRID: 02716)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Cercocebus
- Species
- Cercocebus torquatus
- Common name
- Red-capped mangabey
- Synonyms
- Cercocebus collaris, Cercocebus crossi
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 46 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
It has been estimated that these animals might live over 30 years in the wild [0542]. One wild born female was about 46 years old when she died in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 973 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 167 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 0.9
- Inter-litter interval
- 457 days
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 9,493 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 231%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [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
- [0216] Chakrabarti et al. (2000), Age-dependent changes in T cell homeostasis and SIV load in sooty mangabeys (PubMed)
- [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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 572995
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 9530
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