Table 1 Species of rodents, lagomorphs, and primates. Maximum reported lifespan (MRLS, years) and longevity quotient (LQ,%) were obtained from the AnAge database [18]

From: Screening for mouse genes lost in mammals with long lifespans

Species	Common name	MRLS	LQ
Heterocephalus glaber	Naked mole-rat (NMR)	31	368
Nannospalax galili (Spalax galili)	Upper Galilee mountains blind mole rat (BMR)	20.2	190
Fukomys damarensis (Cryptomys damarensis)	Damaraland mole-rat (DMR)	15.5	143
Chinchilla lanigera	Long-tailed chinchilla	17.2	131
Octodon degus	Common degu	14	124
Dipodomys ordii	Kangaroo rat	9.9	109
Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii	Northern American deer mouse	8.3	107
Cavia porcellus	Guinea pig	12	89
Jaculus jaculus	Lesser Egyptian jerboa	7.3	81
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus)	Thirteen-lined ground squirrel	7.9	73
Microtus ochrogaster	Prairie vole	5.3	61
Oryctolagus cuniculus (Lepus cuniculus)	European rabbit	9	58
Mus musculus	Mouse	4	51
Cavia aperea	Brazilian guinea pig	6	50
Mesocricetus auratus	Golden hamster	3.9	39
Rattus norvegicus	Common rat	3.8	32
Homo sapiens	Human	122.5	463
Cebus capucinus imitator	White-headed capuchin	54.8	331
Nomascus leucogenys	Northern white-cheeked gibbon	44.1	238
Pan troglodytes	Chimpanzee	59.4	236
Saimiri boliviensis	Bolivian squirrel monkey	30.3	232
Pan paniscus	Bonobo	55	222
Pongo abelii	Sumatran orangutan	59	221
Aotus nancymaae	Nancy Ma’s night monkey	30^a	218^a
Macaca fascicularis	Crab-eating macaque	39	209
Macaca mulatta	Macaque	40	206
Gorilla gorilla gorilla	Western lowland gorilla	60.1	200
Callithrix jacchus	Marmoset	22.8	200
Microcebus murinus	Mouse lemur	18.2	197
Macaca nemestrina	Pigtail macaque	37.6	194
Colobus angolensis palliatus	Angola colobus	35.3	180
Mandrillus leucophaeus	Drill	39	177
Chlorocebus sabaeus	Green monkey	31.6	173^b
Propithecus coquereli	Coquerel’s sifaka	30.5	170^c
Carlito syrichta	Philippine tarsier	16	157
Rhinopithecus roxellana	Golden snub-nosed monkey	29.5	139
Otolemur garnettii	Bushbaby	20	136
Cercocebus atys	Sooty mangabey	26.8	135^d
Papio anubis	Olive baboon	25.2	114^e
Rhinopithecus bieti	Black snub-nosed monkey	15	75^f

^aThe lifespan is not known; however, it is 33.8, 30.1 [19], and 30 [20] years in related night monkeys Aotus lemurinus, A. trivirgatus, and A. azarae, respectively. LQ was calculated for a body weight of 874 g, which is the median weight for these species
^bFor a body weight of 5.62 kg as specified in AnAge
^cFor a body weight of 5 kg, which is the median weight for related species Propithecus verreauxi, P. diadema, and P. tattersalli
^dFor a body weight of 9.39 kg, which is the median weight for related species Cercocebus torquatus, C. galeritus, C. agilis, and Lophocebus albigena
^eFor the mean male/female body weight
^fFor a body weight of 9.96 kg as specified in AnAge

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