AnAge entry for Mandrillus leucophaeus
Classification (HAGRID: 02751)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Mandrillus
- Species
- Mandrillus leucophaeus
- Common name
- Drill
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 39 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
There have been claims of animals living up to 46 years [0434], which is not impossible but has not been verified either. In captivity, the record longevity of this species belongs to one wild born female that was about 39 years old when she died [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,277 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 179 days
- Weaning
- 487 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 0.8
- Inter-litter interval
- 448 days
- Weight at birth
- 772 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 18,250 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 177%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [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
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
- [0679] Harvey and Clutton-Brock (1985), Life-history variation in primates
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 573030
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- Taxonomy ID 9568
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