AnAge entry for Pan paniscus
Classification (HAGRID: 02425)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
Family: Hominidae
Genus: Pan
- Species
- Pan paniscus
- Common name
- Pygmy chimpanzee, or Bonobo
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 55 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Tiny
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Longevity has not been studied in detail in these animals. One study in the wild estimated that one female could have died at 45-50 years of age [0569]. One wild born female has lived 50.1 years at Antwerp Zoo and could be up to 55 years old [0671].
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
- [1263] Ryu et al. (2016), Long-sightedness in old wild bonobos during grooming (PubMed)
- [1231] Lowenstine et al. (2016), Comparative Pathology of Aging Great Apes: Bonobos, Chimpanzees, Gorillas, and Orangutans (PubMed)
- [1136] Gomes et al. (2011), Comparative biology of mammalian telomeres: hypotheses on ancestral states and the roles of telomeres in longevity determination (PubMed)
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0256] Finch and Stanford (2004), Meat-adaptive genes and the evolution of slower aging in humans (PubMed)
- [0681] Peter Kappeler and Michael Pereira (2003), Primate Life Histories and Socioecology
- [0108] Steinert et al. (2002), Telomere biology and cellular aging in nonhuman primate cells (PubMed)
- [0467] Lindenfors (2002), Sexually antagonistic selection on primate size
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
- [0569] Furuichi et al. (1998), Population dynamics of wild bonobos (Pan paniscus) at Wamba
- [0463] Austad (1997), Small nonhuman primates as potential models of human aging (PubMed)
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
- [0324] Shea (1983), Paedomorphosis and neoteny in the pygmy chimpanzee (PubMed)
- [0323] Gould et al. (1981), Chimpanzee reproductive senescence: a possible model for evolution of the menopause (PubMed)
- [0436] Cutler (1979), Evolution of human longevity: a critical overview (PubMed)
- [0590] ChimpanZoo
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 573081
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- Taxonomy ID 9597
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