Biomedical Engineering Reference
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TABLE 8.1
Reproductive and Life-history Parameters for Primate Species Important to Biomedical Research
Male Age
at Sexual
Maturity
(Days)
Female Age
at Sexual
Maturity
(Days)
Ovarian
Cycle
Length
(Days)
Age at
First
Parturition
(Years)
Gestation
Length
(Days)
Interbirth
Interval
(Month)
Weaning
Age
(Days)
Birth
Seasonality
Species
Menstruation
Placentation
Callithrix jacchus
(common
marmoset)
382
477
28.6
Absent/covert
Weak,
bidmodal
1.44
148
6
76
Superficial,
hemochorial
trabecular
Saimiri sciureus
(squirrel monkey)
1826
1003
9.1
Absent/covert
Strong
2.5
170
9
197
Cebus apella
(brown capuchin)
1703
20
Slight
Weak
5.64
154
22
263
Aotus trivirgatus
(owl monkey)
730
821
15.6
Absent/covert
Weak
2.4
133
9
127
Macaca mulatta
(rhesus macaque)
2007
1231
26.6
Overt
Strong
3.75
165
12
279
Interstitial,
hemochorial villous
Macaca
fascicularis
(long-tailed
macaque)
1544
1238
29.4
Overt
Weak
3.9
164
13
375
Macaca nemstrina
(pig-tailed
macaque)
1095
1125
Slight
Weak
3.92
169
14
300
Papio hamadryas
(baboon)
1762
1514
30
Overt
Weak
6.1
170
24
561
Chlorocebus
aethiops (vervet
monkey)
1825
1034
33
Slight
Weak
4.88
163
12
262
Pan troglodytes
(chimpanzee)
2920
3376
37.3
Overt
Weak
13.6
238
60
1691
Interstitial,
hemochorial villous
Adapted from Saltzman, et al., 2011
