Table 1 Demographic information of the odontocete species for which DNA methylation data were available.
From: Multi-species and multi-tissue methylation clocks for age estimation in toothed whales and dolphins
Species | Common name | Origin | Na | No. animals | No. female | Mean age | Median age | Minimum age | Maximum age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cephalorhynchus commersonii | Commerson’s dolphin | Zoo born | 6 (3) | 3 | 1 | 22.4 | 21.3 | 18.6 | 27.5 |
Wild | 1 (1) | 1 | 0 | 36.1 | 36.1 | 35.1 | 37.0 | ||
Delphinapterus leucas | Beluga | Zoo born | 65 (48) | 42 | 20 | 9.8 | 8.0 | 0.15 | 27.3 |
Wild | 35 (17) | 19 | 11 | 27.9 | 32.5 | 1.2 | 49.2 | ||
Delphinus delphis | Common dolphin | Wild | 6 (3) | 3 | 2 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 2.6 | 26.2 |
Globicephala macrorhynchus | Short-finned pilot whale | Wild | 15 (9) | 7 | 3 | 16.1 | 8.8 | 6.5 | 55.3 |
Lagenorhynchus obliquidens | Pacific white-sided dolphin | Zoo born | 26 (13) | 14 | 7 | 9.0 | 7.4 | 0.4 | 19.8 |
Wild | 8 (4) | 4 | 4 | 34.0 | 31.9 | 31.9 | 40.4 | ||
Orcinus orca | Killer whale | Zoo born | 56 (29) | 30 | 17 | 15.7 | 13.9 | 0.26 | 30.9 |
Wild | 32 (7) | 26b | 19 | 22.9 | 21.0 | 0 | 54.6 | ||
Phocoena phocoena | Harbor porpoise | Wild | 2 (1) | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
Steno bredanensis | Rough-tooth dolphin | Wild | 12(6) | 6 | 4 | 13.6 | 14.6 | 4.6 | 24.0 |
Tursiops truncatus | Bottlenose dolphin | Zoo born | 160 (123) | 120 | 81 | 16.5 | 14.5 | 0.57 | 40.7 |
Wild | 21(17) | 17 | 11 | 35.0 | 36.4 | 3.9 | 58.0 |
