AnAge entry for Colobus polykomos

Classification (HAGRID: 02368)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
                Family: Cercopithecidae
                    Genus: Colobus
Species: Colobus polykomos
Common name: King colobus
Synonyms: Simia comosa, Simia polycomos, Simia regalis, Simia tetradactyla

Maximum longevity: 33.9 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Small
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: One captive female was 33.9 years old when she died [0671]. Estimates of the age at sexual maturity range from 2 years [0455] to nearly 7 years [0610].

: 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
[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
[0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
[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
[0511] Ronald Nowak and John Paradiso (1983), Walker's Mammals of the World
[0436] Cutler (1979), Evolution of human longevity: a critical overview (PubMed)