AnAge entry for Saimiri sciureus

Classification (HAGRID: 02708)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
                Family: Cebidae
                    Genus: Saimiri
Species: Saimiri sciureus
Common name: South American squirrel monkey
Synonyms: Simia apedia, Lemur leucopsis, Simia morta, Chrysothrix nigrivittata, Sapajou saimiri, Saimiri sciureus sciureus

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity: 30.2 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Large
Data quality: High
Observations: One hybrid between a common and a Bolivian squirrel monkey lived 32 years [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Female sexual maturity: 1,003 days
Male sexual maturity: 1,826 days
Gestation: 161 days
Weaning: 177 days
Litter size: 1 (viviparous)
Litters per year: 1
Inter-litter interval: 365 days
Weight at birth: 107 g
Weight at weaning: 403 g
Adult weight: 925 g
Postnatal growth rate: 0.0125 days^-1 (from Gompertz function)
Maximum longevity residual: 217%

Metabolism

Typical body temperature: 311ºK or 38.0ºC or 100.4ºF
Basal metabolic rate: 4.4290 W
Body mass: 836.7 g
Metabolic rate per body mass: 0.005293 W/g

References

[1236] Didier et al. (2016), Contributions of Nonhuman Primates to Research on Aging (PubMed)
[1136] Gomes et al. (2011), Comparative biology of mammalian telomeres: hypotheses on ancestral states and the roles of telomeres in longevity determination (PubMed)
[0826] Qin et al. (2006), Calorie restriction attenuates Alzheimer's disease type brain amyloidosis in Squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) (PubMed)
[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[0192] McCormack et al. (2004), Aging of the nigrostriatal system in the squirrel monkey (PubMed)
[0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology
[0193] Brady et al. (2003), Studies of heart disease and failure in aged female squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sp.) (PubMed)
[0420] White and Seymour (2003), Mammalian basal metabolic rate is proportional to body mass2/3 (PubMed)
[0108] Steinert et al. (2002), Telomere biology and cellular aging in nonhuman primate cells (PubMed)
[0467] Lindenfors (2002), Sexually antagonistic selection on primate size
[0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
[0463] Austad (1997), Small nonhuman primates as potential models of human aging (PubMed)
[0388] Ghilardi et al. (1996), Intra-arterial infusion of [125I]A beta 1-40 labels amyloid deposits in the aged primate brain in vivo (PubMed)
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
[0390] Ingram et al. (1990), Dietary restriction and aging: the initiation of a primate study (PubMed)
[0389] Walker et al. (1990), Amyloid in the brains of aged squirrel monkeys (PubMed)
[0075] Selkoe et al. (1987), Conservation of brain amyloid proteins in aged mammals and humans with Alzheimer's disease (PubMed)
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
[0059] Tolmasoff et al. (1980), Superoxide dismutase: correlation with life-span and specific metabolic rate in primate species (PubMed)
[0436] Cutler (1979), Evolution of human longevity: a critical overview (PubMed)

External Resources

Integrated Taxonomic Information System: ITIS 180095
Animal Diversity Web: ADW account
Encyclopaedia of Life: Search EOL
NCBI Taxonomy: Taxonomy ID 9521
Entrez: Search all databases
Ageing Literature: Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
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Internet: Search Google