⚙ How is this computed? Methods: Lifespan Analysis
Cross-Species / LifeSpan

Compare lifespan evidence across species

Explore LACA's current public species metadata snapshot, then move from comparative longevity records to controlled survival experiments and molecular hypotheses. The table summarizes maximum lifespan and adult body weight for orientation; it does not replace source-level evidence or make incompatible endpoints equivalent.

Comparative longevitySurvival analysisMaximum longevityExperimental lifespanHealthspan contextSource provenance
Define the endpoint โ†’ Open source resources โ†’ Browse LACA species โ†’ Plan a comparison โ†’
Observed record Species-level evidence from documented individuals
Cohort survival Experimental evidence from defined groups
Context required Sex, strain, setting, husbandry, and censoring
Source-linked Every value should retain its original provenance
Public LACA metadata snapshot

Detailed species data (134 species)

Compare maximum lifespan, adult body weight, and taxonomic context. Select any column heading to sort the complete dataset before pagination.

Showing all 134 public species

Current public metadata
Maximum lifespan and adult body weight for the public species in the current LACA metadata snapshot.
1 Homo sapiens Human Primates Mammalia Primates 122.59 62 kg
2 Pan troglodytes Common chimpanzee Primates Mammalia Primates 68.05 45 kg
3 Equus caballus Horse Ungulates Mammalia Perissodactyla 62.04 500 kg
4 Struthio camelus Common ostrich Birds Aves Struthioniformes 62.04 110 kg
5 Chrysemys picta Painted turtle Reptiles Reptilia Testudines 61.04 400 g
6 Gorilla gorilla Western gorilla Primates Mammalia Primates 60.27 140 kg
7 Pan paniscus Bonobo Primates Mammalia Primates 60.04 39 kg
8 Atractosteus spatula Alligator gar Fishes Actinopterygii Lepisosteiformes 50.03 40 kg
9 Carassius auratus Goldfish Fishes Actinopterygii Cypriniformes 41.03 200 g
10 Epinephelus fuscoguttatus Brown-marbled grouper Fishes Actinopterygii Perciformes 40.03 11 kg
11 Equus asinus Donkey Ungulates Mammalia Perissodactyla 40.03 200 kg
12 Macaca mulatta Rhesus macaque Primates Mammalia Primates 40.03 8 kg
13 Trachemys scripta elegans Red-eared slider Reptiles Reptilia Testudines 40.03 1 kg
14 Macaca fascicularis Crab-eating macaque Primates Mammalia Primates 38.36 5.5 kg
15 Ailuropoda melanoleuca Giant panda Carnivores Mammalia Carnivora 38.02 100 kg
16 Cyprinus carpio Common carp Fishes Actinopterygii Cypriniformes 38.02 3 kg
17 Felis catus Domestic cat Carnivores Mammalia Carnivora 38.02 4 kg
18 Papio anubis Olive baboon Primates Mammalia Primates 37.53 20 kg
19 Epinephelus lanceolatus Giant grouper Fishes Actinopterygii Perciformes 37.02 200 kg
20 Heterocephalus glaber Naked mole rat Rodents Mammalia Rodentia 37.02 35 g
21 Macaca nemestrina Pig-tailed macaque Primates Mammalia Primates 36.99 9 kg
22 Papio hamadryas Hamadryas baboon Primates Mammalia Primates 35.62 18 kg
23 Columba livia Domestic pigeon Birds Aves Columbiformes 35.02 350 g
24 Polypterus senegalus Senegal bichir Fishes Actinopterygii Polypteriformes 34.02 200 g
25 Chlorocebus aethiops Grivet Primates Mammalia Primates 31.02 4 kg
26 Saimiri sciureus Common squirrel monkey Primates Mammalia Primates 31.02 800 g
27 Chlorocebus sabaeus Green monkey Primates Mammalia Primates 30.14 3.8 kg
28 Amphiprion percula Orange clownfish Fishes Actinopterygii Perciformes 30.02 25 g
29 Esox lucius Northern pike Fishes Actinopterygii Esociformes 30.02 8 kg
30 Gallus gallus Red junglefowl Birds Aves Galliformes 30.02 2 kg
31 Mauremys mutica Asian yellow pond turtle Reptiles Reptilia Testudines 30.02 800 g
32 Pelodiscus sinensis Chinese softshell turtle Reptiles Reptilia Testudines 30.02 1 kg
33 Xenopus laevis African clawed frog Amphibians Amphibia Anura 30.02 150 g
34 Anas platyrhynchos Mallard Birds Aves Anseriformes 29.02 1 kg
35 Sus scrofa Pig Ungulates Mammalia Artiodactyla 27.02 100 kg
36 Panthera tigris altaica Siberian tiger Carnivores Mammalia Carnivora 26.02 200 kg
37 Chiloscyllium plagiosum Whitespotted bamboo shark Fishes Chondrichthyes Orectolobiformes 25.02 2 kg
38 Mauremys reevesii Chinese pond turtle Reptiles Reptilia Testudines 25.02 500 g
39 Protopterus annectens West african lungfish Fishes Sarcopterygii Ceratodontiformes 25.02 2 kg
40 Scophthalmus maximus Turbot Fishes Actinopterygii Pleuronectiformes 25.02 8 kg
41 Canis lupus familiaris Domestic dog Carnivores Mammalia Carnivora 24.02 25 kg
42 Vicugna pacos Alpaca Ungulates Mammalia Artiodactyla 23 65 kg
43 Bos taurus Cattle Ungulates Mammalia Artiodactyla 22.01 600 kg
44 Rousettus leschenaultii Leschenault's rousette Bats Mammalia Chiroptera 22.01 100 g
45 Serinus canaria Atlantic canary Birds Aves Passeriformes 22.01 20 g
46 Capra aegagrus hircus Domestic goat Ungulates Mammalia Artiodactyla 21.01 50 kg
47 Ctenopharyngodon idella Grass carp Fishes Actinopterygii Cypriniformes 21.01 15 kg
48 Melopsittacus undulatus Budgerigar Birds Aves Psittaciformes 21.01 35 g
49 Ambystoma mexicanum Axolotl Amphibians Amphibia Urodela 20.01 150 g
50 Dasypus novemcinctus Nine-banded armadillo Other mammals Mammalia Cingulata 20.01 4 kg
51 Lates calcarifer Barramundi Fishes Actinopterygii Perciformes 20.01 10 kg
52 Ovis aries Domestic sheep Ungulates Mammalia Artiodactyla 20.01 60 kg
53 Pleurodeles waltl Iberian ribbed newt Amphibians Amphibia Urodela 20.01 40 g
54 Scleropages formosus Asian arowana Fishes Actinopterygii Osteoglossiformes 20.01 5 kg
55 Xenopus tropicalis Western clawed frog Amphibians Amphibia Anura 20.01 40 g
56 Aotus nancymaae Nancy ma's night monkey Primates Mammalia Primates 20 800 g
57 Chinchilla lanigera Long-tailed chinchilla Rodents Mammalia Rodentia 20 500 g
58 Myotis ricketti Rickett's big-footed bat Bats Mammalia Chiroptera 20 25 g
59 Paguma larvata Masked palm civet Carnivores Mammalia Carnivora 20 4.5 kg
60 Spalax galili Galilee blind mole rat Rodents Mammalia Rodentia 20 150 g
61 Microcebus murinus Gray mouse lemur Primates Mammalia Primates 18.21 60 g
62 Canis latrans Coyote Carnivores Mammalia Carnivora 18.01 13 kg
63 Erpetoichthys calabaricus Reedfish Fishes Actinopterygii Polypteriformes 18.01 150 g
64 Otolemur garnettii Small-eared galago Primates Mammalia Primates 18.01 800 g
65 Plectropomus leopardus Leopard coral trout Fishes Actinopterygii Perciformes 18.01 5 kg
66 Callithrix jacchus Common marmoset Primates Mammalia Primates 16.51 350 g
67 Micropterus salmoides Largemouth bass Fishes Actinopterygii Perciformes 16.01 4 kg
68 Acanthopagrus latus Yellowfin seabream Fishes Actinopterygii Perciformes 15.01 2 kg
69 Marmota monax Groundhog Rodents Mammalia Rodentia 15.01 4 kg
70 Mastacembelus armatus Zig-zag eel Fishes Actinopterygii Synbranchiformes 15.01 1 kg
71 Megalobrama amblycephala Blunt snout bream Fishes Actinopterygii Cypriniformes 15.01 2 kg
72 Pogona vitticeps Central bearded dragon Reptiles Reptilia Squamata 15.01 400 g
73 Rhinolophus affinis Intermediate horseshoe bat Bats Mammalia Chiroptera 15.01 15 g
74 Rhinolophus sinicus Chinese rufous horseshoe bat Bats Mammalia Chiroptera 15.01 12 g
75 Mustela putorius furo Domestic ferret Carnivores Mammalia Carnivora 14.01 1 kg
76 Taeniopygia guttata Zebra finch Birds Aves Passeriformes 14.01 12 g
77 Manis javanica Sunda pangolin Other mammals Mammalia Pholidota 13.01 6 kg
78 Amphiprion ocellaris Ocellaris clownfish Fishes Actinopterygii Perciformes 12.01 30 g
79 Cavia porcellus Guinea pig Rodents Mammalia Rodentia 12.01 800 g
80 Cynopterus sphinx Greater short-nosed fruit bat Bats Mammalia Chiroptera 12.01 50 g
81 Meleagris gallopavo Wild turkey Birds Aves Galliformes 12.01 7 kg
82 Oryctolagus cuniculus European rabbit Other mammals Mammalia Lagomorpha 12.01 2 kg
83 Scyliorhinus canicula Small-spotted catshark Fishes Chondrichthyes Carcharhiniformes 12.01 1 kg
84 Tupaia belangeri Northern tree shrew Other mammals Mammalia Scandentia 12.01 160 g
85 Atelerix albiventris Four-toed hedgehog Other mammals Mammalia Erinaceomorpha 11.01 400 g
86 Oncorhynchus mykiss Rainbow trout Fishes Actinopterygii Salmoniformes 11.01 3 kg
87 Channa argus Northern snakehead Fishes Actinopterygii Perciformes 10.01 3 kg
88 Chelmon rostratus Copperband butterflyfish Fishes Actinopterygii Perciformes 10.01 100 g
89 Ictidomys tridecemlineatus Thirteen-lined ground squirrel Rodents Mammalia Rodentia 10.01 150 g
90 Lonchura striata domestica Society finch Birds Aves Passeriformes 10.01 10 g
91 Misgurnus anguillicaudatus Pond loach Fishes Actinopterygii Cypriniformes 10.01 50 g
92 Monopterus albus Asian swamp eel Fishes Actinopterygii Synbranchiformes 10.01 300 g
93 Neovison vison American mink Carnivores Mammalia Carnivora 10.01 1 kg
94 Tetraodon nigroviridis Green spotted puffer Fishes Actinopterygii Tetraodontiformes 10.01 20 g
95 Oreochromis niloticus Nile tilapia Fishes Actinopterygii Perciformes 9.01 1.5 kg
96 Petromyzon marinus Sea lamprey Fishes Petromyzontida Petromyzontiformes 9.01 1 kg
97 Siniperca chuatsi Chinese perch Fishes Actinopterygii Perciformes 9.01 2 kg
98 Urocitellus parryii Arctic ground squirrel Rodents Mammalia Rodentia 9.01 700 g
99 Anabas testudineus Climbing perch Fishes Actinopterygii Perciformes 8.01 100 g
100 Gasterosteus aculeatus Three-spined stickleback Fishes Actinopterygii Gasterosteiformes 8.01 3 g
101 Melanotaenia boesemani Boeseman's rainbowfish Fishes Actinopterygii Atheriniformes 8.01 15 g
102 Peromyscus maniculatus Baird's deer mouse Rodents Mammalia Rodentia 8.01 20 g
103 Tachysurus fulvidraco Yellow catfish Fishes Actinopterygii Siluriformes 8.01 200 g
104 Anolis carolinensis Green anole Reptiles Reptilia Squamata 7.21 3 g
105 Anolis sagrei Brown anole Reptiles Reptilia Squamata 6 4 g
106 Coturnix japonica Japanese quail Birds Aves Galliformes 6 120 g
107 Meriones unguiculatus Mongolian gerbil Rodents Mammalia Rodentia 6 60 g
108 Danio rerio Zebrafish Fishes Actinopterygii Cypriniformes 5.5 500 mg
109 Astyanax mexicanus Mexican tetra Fishes Actinopterygii Characiformes 5 5 g
110 Betta splendens Siamese fighting fish Fishes Actinopterygii Perciformes 5 5 g
111 Branchiostoma lanceolatum European lancelet Invertebrates Leptocardii Amphioxiformes 5 100 mg
112 Echeneis naucrates Live sharksucker Fishes Actinopterygii Perciformes 5 800 g
113 Mchenga conophoros Mchenga conophoros Fishes Actinopterygii Perciformes 5 50 g
114 Peromyscus polionotus Oldfield mouse Rodents Mammalia Rodentia 5 13 g
115 Poecilia reticulata Guppy Fishes Actinopterygii Cyprinodontiformes 5 1 g
116 Sigmodon hispidus Hispid cotton rat Rodents Mammalia Rodentia 5 150 g
117 Synchiropus splendidus Mandarinfish Fishes Actinopterygii Perciformes 5 10 g
118 Xiphophorus hellerii Green swordtail Fishes Actinopterygii Cyprinodontiformes 5 3 g
119 Xiphophorus maculatus Southern platyfish Fishes Actinopterygii Cyprinodontiformes 5 2 g
120 Branchiostoma floridae Florida lancelet Invertebrates Leptocardii Amphioxiformes 4 100 mg
121 Branchiostoma japonicum Japanese lancelet Invertebrates Leptocardii Amphioxiformes 4 100 mg
122 Cricetulus griseus Chinese hamster Rodents Mammalia Rodentia 4 40 g
123 Mesocricetus auratus Golden hamster Rodents Mammalia Rodentia 4 120 g
124 Monodelphis domestica Gray short-tailed opossum Other mammals Mammalia Didelphimorphia 4 100 g
125 Mus musculus House mouse Rodents Mammalia Rodentia 4 25 g
126 Oryzias latipes Japanese medaka Fishes Actinopterygii Cyprinodontiformes 4 500 mg
127 Salarias fasciatus Jewelled blenny Fishes Actinopterygii Perciformes 4 15 g
128 Rattus norvegicus Norway rat Rodents Mammalia Rodentia 3.8 350 g
129 Gambusia affinis Western mosquitofish Fishes Actinopterygii Cyprinodontiformes 3 1.5 g
130 Phallusia mammillata White sea squirt Invertebrates Ascidiacea Pleurogona 1.5 15 g
131 Ciona intestinalis Vase tunicate Invertebrates Ascidiacea Pleurogona 1 500 mg
132 Ciona robusta Robust sea squirt Invertebrates Ascidiacea Pleurogona 1 500 mg
133 Ciona savignyi Pacific transparent sea squirt Invertebrates Ascidiacea Pleurogona 1 500 mg
134 Nothobranchius furzeri Turquoise killifish Fishes Actinopterygii Cyprinodontiformes 1 500 mg

Maximum lifespan is an upper longevity record, not typical life expectancy.

Start with the estimand

โ€œLifespanโ€ can describe fundamentally different measurements

A record from one animal, a population life table, and a randomized mouse intervention study answer different questions. They must not be placed in one ranking column without an explicit definition and compatible denominator.

Observed

Maximum longevity record

The greatest verified age reported for an individual of a species under a stated evidence standard.

  • Use for: comparative hypotheses about upper lifespan potential.
  • Record: source, confidence, sample context, captive or wild status, and taxonomic identity.
  • Do not infer: the typical lifespan of an individual or the causal effect of an intervention.
Record longevity is strongly affected by observation effort, population size, husbandry, and verification quality.
Population

Life expectancy and demographic survival

A population summary derived from age-specific mortality or life-table data, usually conditional on birth or a specified age.

  • Use for: comparing mortality schedules in clearly defined populations.
  • Record: calendar period, geography, cohort, sex, age origin, and sampling frame.
  • Do not substitute: life expectancy for a species maximum-longevity record.
Wild and captive populations may have different competing risks and ascertainment.
Experimental

Cohort lifespan

Time-to-event data from animals assigned to a genotype, diet, drug, or other condition under a defined protocol.

  • Use for: testing whether an intervention changes survival in that experimental population.
  • Record: stock or strain, sex, site, treatment start, dose, housing, censoring, and humane endpoints.
  • Report: survival curves, effect size, uncertainty, and prespecified statistical tests.
A longer experimental cohort lifespan is not a new maximum lifespan for the entire species.
Functional

Healthspan

Time lived with preserved function or without a prespecified disease, deficit, or frailty threshold.

  • Use for: connecting survival to late-life quality and function.
  • Record: the assay, threshold, schedule, blinding, and competing-risk handling.
  • Keep separate: a healthspan improvement may occur with or without lifespan extension.
Healthspan has no universal operational definition; the endpoint must be stated before analysis.
Authoritative entry points

Use the resource that matches the evidence question

These external resources provide complementary evidence. Follow their current release notes, licenses, field definitions, and primary citations. LACA does not mirror or silently merge their records on this page.

Species records

AnAge

The Animal Ageing and Longevity Database is a curated source for animal life-history traits and documented longevity records.

  • Inspect the observation notes and source behind each longevity record.
  • Retain taxonomic name, body mass, setting, confidence, and data-release context.
  • Treat suspiciously underestimated or unavailable records as missing, not as short lifespan.
Open AnAge โ†’ Read HAGR usage guidance โ†’
Gene evidence

GenAge

A curated entry point for genes associated with ageing or longevity in humans and model organisms.

  • Check the organism, manipulation, direction of effect, and cited experiment.
  • Separate human ageing candidates from lifespan-modifying genes in model organisms.
  • Resolve homologues before interpreting conservation across species.
Browse model-organism genes โ†’ Browse human genes โ†’
Intervention survival

NIA Interventions Testing Program

A multi-site program for testing candidate interventions in genetically heterogeneous mice with standardized protocols and public outcomes.

  • Use the intervention, dose, sex, site, cohort, and protocol-specific result.
  • Review positive, null, and adverse findings rather than selecting only lifespan-extending results.
  • Distinguish Stage I survival outcomes from additional health, pathology, or mechanism endpoints.
Open the NIA ITP โ†’ Read program methods โ†’
Mouse populations

Mouse Phenome Database

The Jackson Laboratory resource organizes measured phenotype, genotype, expression, intervention, diet, disease, and ageing data from laboratory mouse strains and populations.

  • Verify project, population, protocol, measurement unit, age, and sex.
  • Use strain-survey and individual-level survival data only within their documented design.
  • Avoid transferring one strain result to โ€œthe mouseโ€ as a species-wide value.
Open Mouse Phenome Database โ†’ Read the JAX resource overview โ†’
Aged animals

NIA Aged Rodent Colonies

An official resource for aged mice and rats used in research explicitly focused on ageing and age-related disease.

  • Consult current eligibility, strain, sex, available-age, health-monitoring, and ordering information.
  • Use colony survival information for planning and context, not as a universal laboratory-mouse lifespan.
  • Document source colony and shipment or study conditions in downstream analyses.
Open Aged Rodent Colonies โ†’
Comparative workflow

From a longevity observation to a testable molecular hypothesis

The safest workflow keeps the lifespan evidence, species identity, molecular measurement, and biological interpretation as linked but separate layers.

State the comparison

Define the species or populations, endpoint, time origin, setting, and intended inference before collecting values.

Example: compare verified maximum-longevity records after modelling body mass and phylogeny, rather than rank raw values alone.

Resolve species and provenance

Use accepted taxonomic names, record the source release and access date, and retain the original citation or dataset identifier.

Browse species context in LACA โ†’

Harmonize covariates, not meanings

Standardize units and controlled terms while preserving whether each endpoint is a record, demographic estimate, median survival, upper quantile, or hazard.

Missing values remain missing. Do not impute โ€œnot availableโ€ as zero or borrow a value from a related species.

Account for comparative structure

Consider body size, ecological context, captivity, observation effort, sex, strain, and phylogenetic non-independence.

Species are not independent replicates. Comparative analyses should use an explicit phylogeny and sensitivity analyses where appropriate.

Validate in a defined experiment

Translate the comparative association into a prespecified genetic or intervention study with suitable controls, survival analysis, health measures, and replication.

Cross-species correlation is hypothesis-generating and does not establish that a molecular feature causes longer life.
Experimental interpretation

Read a survival experiment beyond a single median

A defensible conclusion should describe the full survival distribution, uncertainty, and design. One summary statistic cannot show early toxicity, delayed benefit, crossing hazards, or sex-specific effects.

Curve

Kaplan-Meier and risk-set context

  • Show numbers at risk, censoring marks, event definition, and the analysis time origin.
  • Report group sizes, exclusions, losses, and whether humane euthanasia counted as an event.
  • Inspect proportional-hazards assumptions before reducing the result to one hazard ratio.
Location

Median and restricted mean survival

  • Report median survival with confidence intervals when estimable.
  • Consider restricted mean survival time over a prespecified horizon when it matches the question.
  • Avoid percentage extension without stating the reference group and absolute time difference.
Upper tail

Late-life and maximum-lifespan claims

  • Use prespecified upper-quantile or late-life tests suitable for the design.
  • Do not use the single longest-lived animal as an intervention effect estimate.
  • Separate late-life survival evidence from species-level record longevity.
Robustness

Sex, site, stock, and competing pathology

  • Report sex-specific effects and interactions rather than pooling by default.
  • Assess site and cohort heterogeneity in multi-site experiments.
  • Pair survival with pathology and functional outcomes to identify trade-offs and causes of death.
Continue in LACA

Connect external longevity evidence to LACA exploration

Use these internal tools to investigate species, genes, and cell types after the lifespan endpoint and evidence source have been defined. They are complementary exploration routes and do not imply that the metadata snapshot is synchronized with or independently validates an external longevity record.

Species Atlas

Inspect available species and their molecular data context before constructing a comparative set.

Open Species Atlas โ†’

Gene Comparative Analysis

Explore expression patterns for orthology-resolved candidate genes across available species and tissues.

Open gene comparison โ†’

Cell Comparative Analysis

Examine cell-type composition and conserved cell identities across species-aware datasets.

Open cell comparison โ†’

Cross-Species Portal

Return to the full comparative-analysis entry point and select the tool matching the biological question.

Open Cross-Species โ†’
Minimum reporting contract

Make every lifespan statement auditable

For observational species records

  • Scientific name, taxonomic identifier, endpoint definition, unit, and value.
  • Wild or captive setting, sex if known, confidence or quality field, and observation notes.
  • Database name, release or retrieval date, original citation, and any data transformation.
  • Body-mass, ecological, sampling-effort, and phylogenetic sensitivity analyses.

For experimental lifespan

  • Species, stock or strain, genotype, sex, cohort, site, housing, diet, and pathogen status.
  • Treatment, dose, route, start and stop age, control, randomization, and blinding.
  • Event and censoring rules, humane endpoints, exclusions, sample size, and statistical plan.
  • Full survival results, uncertainty, sex and site effects, healthspan, pathology, and adverse outcomes.
Provenance

References & source resources

Primary literature and official resource pages used to define this research guide.

AnAge: The Animal Ageing and Longevity Database, Human Ageing Genomic Resources. โ€” Resource
GenAge: ageing- and longevity-associated genes in humans and model organisms, Human Ageing Genomic Resources. โ€” Resource
National Institute on Aging Interventions Testing Program. โ€” Official program
Mouse Phenome Database, The Jackson Laboratory. โ€” Resource overview
National Institute on Aging Aged Rodent Colonies. โ€” Official resource