Table 3 Predicted and residual values for maximal longevity against body mass in extant proboscideans, P. falconeri and one ungulate insular taxon, Myotragus balearicus36.

From: Palaeohistology reveals a slow pace of life for the dwarfed Sicilian elephant

TAXA

BM kg

Maximal longevity (years)

Predicted

Actual-predicted

E. maximus

4500

65.5

51.90

13.60

L. africana

3350

65

49.90

14.14

P.falconeri

Mean

242

67.96

27.37

33.40

95% CI L

141

62.55

24.91

30.11

95% CI U

328

73.35

29.63

36.11

M. balearicus

25

35

25.65

9.35

  1. Results of PGLS longevity for extant ungulates (n = 155; data from AnAge data base35) are: Y = a + bx, Intercept (a) 1.21941, slope (b) 0.135772, Residual standard error: 0.01342 on 153 degrees of freedom, Multiple R-squared: 0.3746, Adjusted R-squared: 0.3706, F-statistic: 91.66 on 1 and 153 DF, p-value: < 2.2e–16. The values of P. falconeri are the mean lifespan and the 95% CI, for the BM of P. falconeri L: lower bound, U: upper bound (Supplementary material 5, 8, Supplementary Figs. 12, 13).
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