AnAge entry for Alouatta palliata

Classification (HAGRID: 02304)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
                Family: Atelidae
                    Genus: Alouatta
Species: Alouatta palliata
Common name: Mantled howler monkey
Synonyms: Alouatta aequatorialis, Alouatta inclamax, Mycetes niger, Alouatta palliata inconsonans, Alouatta palliata quichua, Alouatta palliata matagalpae

Maximum longevity: 24 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Small
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: In the wild, adults are estimated to live on average 16 years [0434]. One wild born female lived more than 15 years in captivity and could have been as old as 24 [0671].

: No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.

[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology
[0420] White and Seymour (2003), Mammalian basal metabolic rate is proportional to body mass2/3 (PubMed)
[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