AnAge entry for Cercopithecus ascanius
Classification (HAGRID: 02717)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Cercopithecus
- Species
- Cercopithecus ascanius
- Common name
- Black-cheeked white-nosed monkey
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 31.2 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,642 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 147 days
- Weaning
- 182 days
- Litter size
- 1 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 0.7
- Inter-litter interval
- 540 days
- Weight at birth
- 371 g
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 3,705 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 181%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [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
- [0679] Harvey and Clutton-Brock (1985), Life-history variation in primates
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 572996
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 36223
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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