AnAge entry for Macaca fascicularis

Classification (HAGRID: 02373)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Primates (Taxon entry)
                Family: Cercopithecidae
                    Genus: Macaca
Species: Macaca fascicularis
Common name: Long-tailed macaque

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Maximum longevity: 39 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Large
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: One wild born male lived 37.1 years in captivity, making it as old as 39 when he died [0671].

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 37.6ºC or 99.7ºF
Basal metabolic rate: Not yet available

References

[1236] Didier et al. (2016), Contributions of Nonhuman Primates to Research on Aging (PubMed)
[1143] Nussey et al. (2013), Senescence in natural populations of animals: widespread evidence and its implications for bio-gerontology (PubMed)
[1088] Shively et al. (2012), Aging and physical mobility in group-housed Old World monkeys (PubMed)
[0946] McFarlane et al. (2011), Age-associated alteration in innate immune response in captive baboons (PubMed)
[0945] Aizawa et al. (2009), Age-dependent alteration in hippocampal neurogenesis correlates with learning performance of macaque monkeys (PubMed)
[0825] Bertoni-Freddari et al. (2008), Selective decline of the metabolic competence of oversized synaptic mitochondria in the old monkey cerebellum (PubMed)
[0804] Bellavista et al. (2008), Immunoproteasome in Macaca fascicularis: no age-dependent modification of abundance and activity in the brain and insight into an in silico structural model (PubMed)
[1028] Sikoski et al. (2007), Comparison of rectal and infrared thermometry for obtaining body temperature in cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis) (PubMed)
[0798] Gardner et al. (2007), Telomere dynamics in macaques and humans (PubMed)
[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[0167] Kimura et al. (2003), Age-related changes of Alzheimer's disease-associated proteins in cynomolgus monkey brains (PubMed)
[0168] Wang et al. (2003), Aging increases aortic MMP-2 activity and angiotensin II in nonhuman primates (PubMed)
[0095] Shimizu et al. (2003), In vitro aging of macaque adherent cells: similar pattern of cellular aging between human and macaque (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
[0169] Kimura et al. (2001), Age-related changes in the localization of presenilin-1 in cynomolgus monkey brain (PubMed)
[0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
[0170] Nam et al. (1998), Age-related changes in major lymphocyte subsets in cynomolgus monkeys (PubMed)
[0171] Veenema et al. (1997), Aging, dominance history, and social behavior in Java-monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) (PubMed)
[0172] Cefalu et al. (1997), A study of caloric restriction and cardiovascular aging in cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis): a potential model for aging research (PubMed)
[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
[0173] Hamlin et al. (1980), Aging of collagen: comparative rates in four mammalian species (PubMed)

External Resources

Integrated Taxonomic Information System: ITIS 180098
Animal Diversity Web: ADW account
Encyclopaedia of Life: Search EOL
NCBI Taxonomy: Taxonomy ID 9541
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