AnAge entry for Chlorocebus aethiops
Classification (HAGRID: 02730)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Chlorocebus
- Species
- Chlorocebus aethiops
- Common name
- Grivet, or Vervet
- Synonyms
- Cercopithecus calliaudi, Cercopithecus cano-viridis, Cercopithecus cinereo-viridis, Simia engytithia, Cercopithecus griseo-viridis, Cercopithecus griseus, Cercopithecus matschiei, Simia subviridis, Cercopithecus toldti, Lasiopyga weidholzi, Cercopithecus canoviridis, Cercopithecus cinereoviridis, Cercopithecus griseoviridis
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 32 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 1355
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
These animals have been reported to live up to 32 years in captivity [1355]. However, one captive specimen in Israel lived at least 30.8 years. This specimen could have been older, though, because its exact date of birth and death are unknown [0671].
Studies have shown that aged individuals of this species have a similar pathology of Alzheimer's Disease to humans [1355].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,034 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,825 days
- Gestation
- 162 days
- Weaning
- 182 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 1
- Inter-litter interval
- 357 days
- Weight at birth
- 314 g
- Weight at weaning
- 1,036 g
- Adult weight
- 5,620 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 174%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 310ºK or 36.8ºC or 98.2ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- Not yet available
References
- [1355] Cramer et al. (2018), Aging African green monkeys manifest transcriptional, pathological, and cognitive hallmarks of human Alzheimer's disease (PubMed)
- [1088] Shively et al. (2012), Aging and physical mobility in group-housed Old World monkeys (PubMed)
- [1024] Hinds et al. (2007), The effect of harp music on heart rate, mean blood pressure, respiratory rate, and body temperature in the African green monkey (PubMed)
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0108] Steinert et al. (2002), Telomere biology and cellular aging in nonhuman primate cells (PubMed)
- [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
- [0059] Tolmasoff et al. (1980), Superoxide dismutase: correlation with life-span and specific metabolic rate in primate species (PubMed)
External Resources
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- ITIS 552515
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- Taxonomy ID 9534
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