AnAge entry for Mico argentatus

Classification (HAGRID: 02692)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
                Family: Callitrichidae
                    Genus: Mico
Species: Mico argentatus
Common name: Silvery marmoset
Synonyms: Callithrix argentata

Maximum longevity: 16.5 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Medium
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: One female lived 16.5 years in captivity [0671]. Another female lived 15.2 years in captivity and could have been 16.8 years old at the time of death [0574].

No information on metabolism is available.

[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
[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
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
[0436] Cutler (1979), Evolution of human longevity: a critical overview (PubMed)