AnAge entry for Saimiri oerstedii
Classification (HAGRID: 02707)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
Family: Cebidae
Genus: Saimiri
- Species
- Saimiri oerstedii
- Common name
- Central American squirrel monkey
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Not much is known about the longevity of these animals. One specimen was about 18 years old when it died in captivity [0671]. Considering the longevity of similar species, maximum longevity is likely much longer, though.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 161 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 788.5 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
- [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
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 572980
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 70928
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