AnAge entry for Aotus azarae
Classification (HAGRID: 02298)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
Family: Aotidae
Genus: Aotus
- Species
- Aotus azarae
- Common name
- Azara's night monkey
- Synonyms
- Aotus azarai
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 30 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 774
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One wild-born female was kept over 28 years in captivity, making it at least 30 years of age. Ageing-induced changes in spinal curvature and cataracts were observed in this old specimen [0774].
Life history traits (averages)
- No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
- [0774] Suzuki and Sri Kantha (2006), Quantitation of sleep and spinal curvature in an unusually longevous owl monkey (Aotus azarae) (PubMed)
- [0681] Peter Kappeler and Michael Pereira (2003), Primate Life Histories and Socioecology
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 944172
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 30591
- Entrez
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- Images
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