Table 2. Evidence of length growth spurts (GSs) from published literature using linear length growth.
Measures of linear length growth are taken of: Body length or height = B, Crown-rump/Shoulder-rump/Anterior trunk length = CR/SR/AT, Lower/Upper/Full arm length = LA/UA/A, Thigh/Tibia/Leg length = TH/TI/L. Methods: in zoos = direct measurements, in wild populations = photogrammetry, except on Macaca ochreata (direct on trapped animals). Growth rate acceleration can be seen as proof of a GS, but considering scale correction, a GS is also very likely in case of a period with constant linear length growth rate, and would be possible in cases of just a slowdown in deceleration. For markers of adolescence see Appendix 1—table 1. m = male, f = female, w = wild, z = zoo.
| Species (w/z) | Changes in length growth rate | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acceleration | Constant (plateau) | Slowdown in deceleration | No slowdown in deceleration | Aligned with weight-GS | Comments | Publication | |
| Macaca assamensis (w) | m + f (LA) | Not available | Acceleration if scale corrected | Anzà et al., 2022; Berghänel et al., 2015 | |||
| Macaca fuscata (z) | m + f (B), m (AT, UA) | m (TH, L) | m (LA), f (LA) | f (UA) | Yes (little earlier) | Hamada, 1994; Hamada et al., 1999; Hamada and Yamamoto, 2010 | |
| Macaca nemestrina (z) | m + f (AT, CR, A, LA, L) | Yes | Nishikawa, 1985; Tarrant, 1975 | ||||
| Macaca arctoides (z) | m (CR) | Yes | Few individuals | Faucheux et al., 1978 | |||
| Macaca mulatta (z) | (B, TI)1 | m + f (CR) | Yes (little earlier) | 1Unknown sex, few individuals | Tanner et al., 19901; van Wagenen and Catchpole, 1956 | ||
| Macaca ochreata (w) | m + f (CR) | Yes | Schillaci and Stallmann, 2005 | ||||
| Theropithecus gelada (w) | m + f (SR) | Not available | Lu et al., 2016 | ||||
| Papio anubis (z) | m (CRL) | m + f (A) | m (TH), f (CRL, TH) | Yes (little earlier) | Leigh, 2009 | ||
| Papio hamadryas (z) | m (CR) | f (CR) | Yes (m) | Coarse data | Crawford et al., 1997 | ||
| Mandrillus sphinx (z) | m + f (CR) | Yes | Setchell et al., 2001 | ||||
| Pan troglodytes (z) | m + f (B) | Yes | Hamada and Udono, 2002 | ||||
| Pongo pygmaeus (z) | m + f (B, LA) | Yes | Two individuals | Vančatová et al., 1999 | |||
| Gorilla beringei beringei (w) | m (B) | m (UA), f (B, UA) | Not available | Galbany et al., 2017 | |||