AnAge entry for Sapajus apella
Classification (HAGRID: 02709)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
Family: Cebidae
Genus: Sapajus
- Species
- Sapajus apella
- Common name
- Brown capuchin
- Synonyms
- Cebus apella, Sapajus macrocephalus, Cebus capillatus, Cebus cirrifer, Cebus crassiceps, Cebus cristatus, Cebus frontatus, Cebus leucogenys, Cebus lunatus, Cebus monachus, Cebus niger, Cebus subcristatus, Simia variegata, Cebus azarae, Cebus versuta, Cebus apella macrocephalus, Cebus apella magnus, Cebus apella maranonis, Cebus apella peruanus, Cebus apella tocantinus, Cebus apella chacoensis, Cebus libidinosus juruanus, Cebus apella morrulus, Cebus libidinosus pallidus, Cebus libidinosus paraguayanus, Cebus libidinosus sagitta
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 46 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- High
- Observations
One specimen was about 46 years old when it died in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,703 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 158 days
- Weaning
- 307 days
- Litter size
- 1.5 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 0.6
- Inter-litter interval
- 671 days
- Weight at birth
- 239.7 g
- Weight at weaning
- 1,000 g
- Adult weight
- 2,643 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 282%
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
- [0383] Riviello and Wirz (2001), Haematology and blood chemistry of Cebus apella in relation to sex and age (PubMed)
- [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
- [0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
- [0679] Harvey and Clutton-Brock (1985), Life-history variation in primates
- [0436] Cutler (1979), Evolution of human longevity: a critical overview (PubMed)
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 944156
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 9515
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