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. 2018 Sep 20;8:14099. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-32502-2

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Age at reproductive senescence (yr) versus maximum lifespan (yr) in 49 mammal species (excluding baleen whales). Data points fitted by a quadratic regression (line; RS = −4.4535^*+1.1168 LS^*** − 0.0046 LS^2***; adjusted R² = 0.9201; *p < 0.05, ***p < 0.001). Labels (sources): 1 Cricetulus barabensis (AnAge), 2 Mus musculus²⁹, 3 Rattus norvegicus²⁹, 4 Phascogale tapoatafa (AnAge), 5 Meriones unguiculatus (AnAge), 6 Onychomys leocogaster (AnAge), 7 Dasyurus maculatus (AnAge), 8 Peromyscus truei (AnAge), 9 Oryctolagus cuniculus³⁶, 10 Ochrotomy nuttalli (AnAge), 11 Hypogeomys antimena (AnAge), 12 Spermophilus comlumbianus³⁶, 13 Canis lupus (AnAge), 14 Panthera leo³⁶, 15 Felis catus³⁶, 16 Chinchilla lanigera (AnAge), 17 Cryptomys anselli (AnAge), 18 Ovis canadensis³⁶, 19 Propithecus diadema (AnAge), 20 Macaca nemestrina³⁶, 21 Ursus maritimus³⁶, 22 Odocoileus virginianus (AnAge), 23 Papio cynocephalus³⁶, 24 Bos taurus³⁶, 25 Macaca fuscata (AnAge), 26 Macaca mulatta (AnAge³⁶), 27 Papio hamadryas (AnAge), 28 Propithecus verreauxi (AnAge), 29 Pusa sibirica (AnAge), 30 Stenella attenuata (AnAge), 31 Ceratotherium simum (AnAge), 32 Pan paniscus (AnAge⁵⁹), 33 Globicephala macrorhynchus (AnAge), 34 Equus caballus²⁹, 35 Gorilla gorilla (AnAge⁶⁰), 36 Pseudorca crassidens⁶¹, 37 Pongo pygmaeus (AnAge), 38 Dugong dugon (AnAge⁶²), 39 Orcinus orca (AnAge), 40 Homo sapiens (AnAge) (note: according to AnAge, 100 yr is used as maximum lifespan), 41 Globicephala melas (AnAge), 42 Berardius bairdii (AnAge⁶³), 43 Pan troglodytes (AnAge³⁶), 44 Trichechus manatus (AnAge³⁷) (note: age at reproductive senescence is age at which 95% of population fecundity is reached), 45 Physeter macrocephalus (AnAge⁶³), 46 Loxodonta africana (AnAge), 47 Eubalaena glacialis (AnAge), 48 Elephas maximus⁶⁴, 49 Monodon monoceros⁶⁵.