AnAge entry for Cebus capucinus
Classification (HAGRID: 02704)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
Family: Cebidae
Genus: Cebus (Taxon entry)
- Species
- Cebus capucinus
- Common name
- White-faced capuchin
- Synonyms
- Cebus curtus, Cebus hypoleucus, Cebus capucinus limitaneus, Cebus capucinus nigripectus, Cebus capucinus albulus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 54 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One wild-born male called "Bobo" lived 53.5 years in captivity, making it at least 54 years of age when he died at Lederle Laboratories. While this is the only record of a specimen of this genus to live more than 50 years, another wild-born male specimen lived 46.9 years at Mesker Park Zoo, making it about 48 years-old when he died and making it the second longest-lived specimen of the genus [0671]. One study in the wild found that females can live over 25 years [1091].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,505 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 2,921 days
- Gestation
- 162 days
- Weaning
- 521 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 0.5
- Inter-litter interval
- 803 days
- Weight at birth
- 230 g
- Weight at weaning
- 1,350 g
- Adult weight
- 2,655 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 331%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1125] Alberts et al. (2013), Reproductive aging patterns in primates reveal that humans are distinct (PubMed)
- [1143] Nussey et al. (2013), Senescence in natural populations of animals: widespread evidence and its implications for bio-gerontology (PubMed)
- [1091] Bronikowski et al. (2011), Aging in the natural world: comparative data reveal similar mortality patterns across primates (PubMed)
- [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
- [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 572977
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- Taxonomy ID 9516
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