Additional Data: Nunn
Spleen Size, Disease Risk and Sexual Selection: A Comparative Study in Primates

Species Spleen (grams) Body Mass (grams) Alternative Spleen Mass? Reference for Spleen Mass and Corresponding Body Mass Group Size (number of individuals in foraging and larger social units) Population Density (individuals / km2) Percentage of Time Terrestrial Percentage Leaves in Diet Percentage of Fruit in Diet
Alouatta caraya 9.24 4983 Stahl et al. 1968 7.3 159 76 24
Alouatta palliata 45.68 6174 Crile & Quiring 1940 13.5 32.6 56 43
Aotus trivirgatus 1.94 739 Baer 1994 3.4 29.7 10 75
Ateles geoffroyi 40.8 7630 Crile & Quiring 1940 52.3 14.4 0 13 85
Callithrix jacchus 0.423 307.72 Wadsworth et al. 1981 8.2 940 0 33
Cebus apella 2.37 2160 Schwartz et al. 1974 15.1 22.9 10 65
Cebus capucinus 11.3 3101 Crile & Quiring 1940 16.6 10.7 10 62
Cercocebus galeritus 5.35 6000 Kennard & Willner 1941c 18.7 120 14 78
Cercocebus torquatus 9 6100 Kennard & Willner 1941c 23.2 52.2 70 13 83
Cercopithecus aethiops 3 1422 yes Sauer and Fegley 1960 25.3 66.4 45 20 59
Cercopithecus mitis 85.16 4937 Crile & Quiring 1940 16.9 108 0 20 52
Galago garnettii 2.17 800 Makita et al. 1989 3 34.5 0 0 50
Gorilla gorilla 192.8 65000 Kennard & Willner 1941a 15.8 1 95 93 1
Homo sapiens 168 56000 yes Spector 1956 148 100
Hylobates lar 14 5700 Kennard & Wellner 1941a 3.8 8.3 0 30 59
Macaca arctoides 9.77 6200 yes Larson 1982 27.5
Macaca cyclopis 8 10300 Makita et al. 1984 12.8
Macaca fascicularis 7.19 3300 yes Larson 1982 25.5 58.5 5 10 73
Macaca fuscata 4.5675 5825 Makita et al. 1984, 1985 55.4 31.5 78 22
Macaca mulatta 4.31 5210 yes Larson 1982 42.1 113 87 12
Macaca nemestrina 10.13 5150 Larson 1982 40.2 34.8 25 14 77
Macaca radiata 7.65 4530 Larson 1982 25.5 35 30
Pan troglodytes 95 30100 Kennard & Willner 1941a 49.2 3.5 50 26 66
Papio anubis 16.9 12700 yes Gest & Siegel 1983 58.6 15 80 35 62
Papio cynocephalus 17.79 12970 yes Larson 1982 62.5 20.8 90 21 61
Papio ursinus 18.4 14500 McConnell et al. 1974 51.2 8.3 12 87
Saguinus oedipus 1.65 793 Crile & Quiring 1940 5.3 35.8 5 44
Saimiri oerstedii 0.9 607 Crile & Quiring 1940 30.2 83 0 80
Saimiri sciureus 0.95 662 yes Middleton & Rosal 1972 43.1 86.7 0 28
Tarsius spectrum 0.031 168 Kennard & Willner 1941c 3 550 0 0