AnAge entry for Chiropotes albinasus

Classification (HAGRID: 02461)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
                Family: Pitheciidae
                    Genus: Chiropotes
Species: Chiropotes albinasus
Common name: White-nosed bearded saki
Synonyms: Cacajao roosevelti

Maximum longevity: 20 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Small
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: In the wild, these animals may live more than 18 years [0434]. One wild born specimen was about 20 years old when it died in captivity. A hybrid between a bearded and a white-nosed saki lived 26.3 years [0671].

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

No information on metabolism is available.

[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
[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
[0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals