AnAge entry for Pithecia monachus

Classification (HAGRID: 02465)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
                Family: Pitheciidae
                    Genus: Pithecia
Species: Pithecia monachus
Common name: Monk saki

Maximum longevity: 25 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Tiny
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: One wild born female lived 20.6 years at San Diego Zoo. She could have been as old as 25 when she died [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
[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
[0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
[0436] Cutler (1979), Evolution of human longevity: a critical overview (PubMed)