AnAge entry for Callithrix jacchus

Classification (HAGRID: 02318)

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
                Family: Callitrichidae
                    Genus: Callithrix

Species

Callithrix jacchus

Common name

White-tufted-ear marmoset

Synonyms

Jacchus albicollis, Hapale communis, Hapale leucotis, Jacchus vulgaris, Simia jacchus moschatus, Jacchus vulgaris rufus

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity

22.8 years (captivity)

Source

ref. 671

Sample size

Large

Data quality

High

Observations

These animals appear to be amongst the fastest ageing primates [0463]. Females have been known to die of breast cancer in their second decade of life [0935]. One male specimen lived 22.8 years in captivity [0671]. Average lifespan in captivity has been reported to be around 10-12 years [0865].

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

309ºK or 36.0ºC or 96.8ºF

Basal metabolic rate

0.8480 W

Body mass

190.0 g

Metabolic rate per body mass

0.004463 W/g

References

• [1244] Wu et al. (2016), Characterization of mammary epithelial stem/progenitor cells and their changes with aging in common marmosets (PubMed)
• [1236] Didier et al. (2016), Contributions of Nonhuman Primates to Research on Aging (PubMed)
• [1219] Ash and Buchanan-Smith (2014), Long-term data on reproductive output and longevity in captive female common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) (PubMed)
• [0865] Nishijima et al. (2012), Life span of common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) at CLEA Japan breeding colony (PubMed)
• [1103] Lazic (2012), Modeling hippocampal neurogenesis across the lifespan in seven species (PubMed)
• [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
• [0860] Smucny et al. (2004), Reproductive output, maternal age, and survivorship in captive common marmoset females (Callithrix jacchus) (PubMed)
• [0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology
• [0186] Abbott et al. (2003), Aspects of common marmoset basic biology and life history important for biomedical research (PubMed)
• [0187] Wu et al. (2003), Selective age-related loss of calbindin-D28k from basal forebrain cholinergic neurons in the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) (PubMed)
• [0420] White and Seymour (2003), Mammalian basal metabolic rate is proportional to body mass2/3 (PubMed)
• [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
• [0188] Berkovitz and Pacy (2000), Age changes in the cells of the intra-articular disc of the temporomandibular joints of rats and marmosets (PubMed)
• [0189] Kapahi et al. (1999), Positive correlation between mammalian life span and cellular resistance to stress (PubMed)
• [0190] Harada et al. (1999), Age-related changes in the brainstem auditory evoked potentials of the marmoset (PubMed)
• [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
• [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
• [0935] Box and Hubrecht (1987), Long-term data on the reproduction and maintenance of a colony of common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus jacchus) 1972-1983 (PubMed)
• [0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
• [0191] O'Neill and Levy (1986), Lymphocyte subsets in the young and aging marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) (PubMed)
• [0679] Harvey and Clutton-Brock (1985), Life-history variation in primates
• [0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
• [0436] Cutler (1979), Evolution of human longevity: a critical overview (PubMed)
• [0406] Primate Aging Database (PAD)

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Taxonomy ID 9483

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