AnAge entry for Saguinus mystax
Classification (HAGRID: 02700)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
Family: Callitrichidae
Genus: Saguinus
- Species
- Saguinus mystax
- Common name
- Black-chested mustached tamarin
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 20 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 486 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 540 days
- Gestation
- 145 days
- Weaning
- 171 days
- Litter size
- 2 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- 168 days
- Weight at birth
- 46.9 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 543.5 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 156%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [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
- [0059] Tolmasoff et al. (1980), Superoxide dismutase: correlation with life-span and specific metabolic rate in primate species (PubMed)
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 572931
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 9488
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