AnAge entry for Nomascus leucogenys

Classification (HAGRID: 02801)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
                Family: Hylobatidae
                    Genus: Nomascus
Species: Nomascus leucogenys
Common name: Northern white-cheeked gibbon, or White-cheeked gibbon
Synonyms: Hylobates leucogenys

Maximum longevity: 44.1 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Small
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: One specimen of the /siki/ subspecies lived 44.1 years in captivity [0671].

No information on metabolism is available.

[1308] Myhrvold et al. (2015), An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles
[0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
[1142] Kohler et al. (2006), Comparative mortality levels among selected species of captive animals
[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World