AnAge entry for Papio hamadryas

Classification (HAGRID: 02390)

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
                Family: Cercopithecidae
                    Genus: Papio

Species

Papio hamadryas

Common name

Hamadryas baboon

Synonyms

Hamadryas aegyptiaca, Papio arabicus, Papio brockmani, Hamadryas chaeropitheus, Simia cynamolgus, Theropithecus nedjo, Cynocephalus wagleri

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

IMR

0.06/year

MRDT

4 years

Maximum longevity

37.5 years (captivity)

Source

ref. 671

Sample size

Large

Data quality

High

Observations

There are different subspecies of baboons, all with similar life-history parameters and a gradual ageing phenotype. Baboons have been shown both in captivity and in the wild to age about twice as fast as humans [0009]. The IMR was estimated at age 5. One captive chacma baboon has been reported to live 45 years in captivity [0434], but this has not been confirmed. One male hamadryas baboon lived 37.5 years in captivity [0671]. In the wild, record longevity is 27 years. Baboons suffer from a variety of age-related diseases, including various types of cancer; in females, endometriosis has also been reported. Females appear to undergo menopause at about age 26 [0981].

Life history traits (averages)

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

Metabolism

Typical body temperature

311ºK or 38.0ºC or 100.4ºF

Basal metabolic rate

21.0950 W

Body mass

12670.8 g

Metabolic rate per body mass

0.001665 W/g

References

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• [1150] Jones et al. (2014), Diversity of ageing across the tree of life (PubMed)
• [1125] Alberts et al. (2013), Reproductive aging patterns in primates reveal that humans are distinct (PubMed)
• [1143] Nussey et al. (2013), Senescence in natural populations of animals: widespread evidence and its implications for bio-gerontology (PubMed)
• [1091] Bronikowski et al. (2011), Aging in the natural world: comparative data reveal similar mortality patterns across primates (PubMed)
• [0944] Altmann et al. (2010), Life history context of reproductive aging in a wild primate model (PubMed)
• [0981] Wolf and Austad (2010), Introduction: Lifespans and Pathologies Present at Death in Laboratory Animals
• [0909] Havill et al. (2008), Osteopenia and osteoporosis in adult baboons (Papio hamadryas) (PubMed)
• [0763] Jeyapalan et al. (2007), Accumulation of senescent cells in mitotic tissue of aging primate (PubMed)
• [0708] Herbig et al. (2006), Cellular senescence in aging primates (PubMed)
• [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
• [0149] Goncharova and Lapin (2004), Age-related endocrine dysfunction in nonhuman primates (PubMed)
• [0150] Hilmer et al. (2004), The effect of aging on the immunohistochemistry of apolipoprotein E in the liver (PubMed)
• [0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology
• [0151] Cogger et al. (2003), Hepatic sinusoidal pseudocapillarization with aging in the non-human primate (PubMed)
• [0152] Muehlenbein et al. (2003), Dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate as a biomarker of senescence in male non-human primates (PubMed)
• [0153] Martin et al. (2003), Variation in menstrual cycle length and cessation of menstruation in captive raised baboons (PubMed)
• [0154] Jayashankar et al. (2003), Lymphocyte modulation in a baboon model of immunosenescence (PubMed)
• [0155] Baerlocher et al. (2003), Telomere shortening in leukocyte subpopulations from baboons (PubMed)
• [0838] Martin et al. (2002), Lifespan in captive baboons is heritable (PubMed)
• [0156] Millien et al. (2002), Brain glucose hypometabolism after perirhinal lesions in baboons: implications for Alzheimer disease and aging (PubMed)
• [0009] Bronikowski et al. (2002), The aging baboon: comparative demography in a non-human primate (PubMed)
• [0157] Goncharova and Lapin (2002), Effects of aging on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal system function in non-human primates (PubMed)
• [0467] Lindenfors (2002), Sexually antagonistic selection on primate size
• [0212] Schultz et al. (2001), Tau pathology in neurons and glial cells of aged baboon (PubMed)
• [0158] Attanasio et al. (2001), Age-related autoantibody production in a nonhuman primate model (PubMed)
• [0159] Schultz et al. (2000), Age-related progression of tau pathology in brains of baboons (PubMed)
• [0293] Rhine et al. (2000), Lifetime reproductive success, longevity, and reproductive life history of female yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus) of Mikumi National Park, Tanzania (PubMed)
• [0160] Goncharova and Lapin (2000), Changes of hormonal function of the adrenal and gonadal glands in baboons of different age groups (PubMed)
• [0161] Schultz et al. (2000), Filamentous tau pathology in nerve cells, astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes of aged baboons (PubMed)
• [1045] Brain and Mitchell (1999), Body temperature changes in free-ranging baboons (Papio hamadryas ursinus) in the Namib Desert, Namibia
• [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
• [0294] Wasser et al. (1998), Ageing and social rank effects on the reproductive system of free-ranging yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus) at Mikumi National Park, Tanzania (PubMed)
• [0162] Packer et al. (1998), Reproductive cessation in female mammals (PubMed)
• [0474] Rogers and Hixson (1997), Baboons as an animal model for genetic studies of common human disease (PubMed)
• [0163] Heffernan et al. (1995), A baboon (Papio hamadryas) model of insulin-dependent diabetes (PubMed)
• [0164] Holleschau and Rathbun (1994), The effects of age on glutathione peroxidase and glutathione reductase activities in lenses of Old World simians and prosimians (PubMed)
• [0165] Sapolsky et al. (1993), Senescent decline in serum dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate concentrations in a population of wild baboons (PubMed)
• [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
• [0166] Lauerman et al. (1992), Age-related disk degeneration: preliminary report of a naturally occurring baboon model (PubMed)
• [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
• [0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
• [0059] Tolmasoff et al. (1980), Superoxide dismutase: correlation with life-span and specific metabolic rate in primate species (PubMed)
• [0436] Cutler (1979), Evolution of human longevity: a critical overview (PubMed)
• [0345] van Zyl and Kerrich (1955), The serum lipids and age in the baboon (Papio ursinus) (PubMed)

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