AnAge entry for Miopithecus talapoin

Classification (HAGRID: 02388)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
                Family: Cercopithecidae
                    Genus: Miopithecus
Species: Miopithecus talapoin
Common name: Southern talapoin monkey, or Talapoin
Synonyms: Miopithecus capillatus, Cercopithecus melarhinus, Simia niger, Cercopithecus pileatus, Cercopithecus talapoin ansorgei, Miopithecus talapoin pilettei, Cercopithecus talapoin vlesschouwersi

Maximum longevity: 27.7 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Medium
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: One male specimen lived 27.7 years at Philadelphia Zoo. It could have been older, though, because its exact date of birth is not known [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
[0174] Small et al. (2004), Imaging correlates of brain function in monkeys and rats isolates a hippocampal subregion differentially vulnerable to aging (PubMed)
[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