Table 1 Summarya of samples used for DNAm profiling.

From: DNA methylation predicts age and provides insight into exceptional longevity of bats

Genus species (Family)

Source

#F

#M

Exact N

Yg

Old

Max age

Antrozous pallidus (V)

F

21

2

1

0.2

7

14.8

Artibeus jamaicensis (Ph)

C

3

0

2

11

13

19.2

Carollia perspicillata (Ph)

C

17

15

32

0.2

10.5

17.0

Cynopterus brachyotis (Pt)

C

6

4

10

6.7

12.9

13.0

Desmodus rotundus (Ph)

C

27

17

41

0.3

17.3

29.9

Eidolon helvum (Pt)

C

17

7

24

3.4

16.5

21.8

Eptesicus fuscus (V)

C

18

41

59

0.3

18.3

23.0

Leptonycteris yerbabuenae (Ph)

F

5

6

7

0.2

5

10.1

Molossus molossus (M)

F

9

5

6

0.3

5.9

5.9

Myotis lucifugus (V)

F

11

0

1

0.1

5

34.0

Myotis myotis (V)

F

36

2

33

1

9

37.1

Myotis vivesi (V)

F

11

6

4

0.1

2

10.0

Nyctalus noctula (V)

F

3

0

2

0.9

2

12.0

Phyllostomus discolor (Ph)

C

31

19

42

0.1

17.7

18.0

Phyllostomus hastatus (Ph)

F

61

10

52

0.1

16.5

22.0

Pteropus giganteus (Pt)

C

0

4

4

10.9

14.2

44.0

Pteropus hypomelanus (Pt)

C

28

12

40

0.4

19.3

26.5

Pteropus poliocephalus (Pt)

C

10

6

16

6.1

16.7

23.6

Pteropus pumilus (Pt)

C

24

22

45

0.8

17.3

17.3

Pteropus rodricensis (Pt)

C

12

7

19

4

20.9

28.0

Pteropus vampyrus (Pt)

C

27

24

51

0.6

22.4

24.0

Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (R)

F

40

0

39

0.1

21.1

30.5

Rhynchonycteris naso (E)

F

6

16

15

0.1

6

8.5

Rousettus aegyptiacus (Pt)

C

8

8

3

5

14

22.9

Saccopteryx bilineata (E)

F

20

9

24

0.2

8.3

11.0

Tadarida brasiliensis (M)

C

9

10

15

0.2

6.2

12.0

  1. aFamily: E = Emballonuridae, M = Molossidae, Ph = Phyllostomidae, Pt = Pteropodidae, R = Rhinolophidae, V = Vespertilionidae; Source: F = field, C = captivity; #F, #M: number of samples for each sex; Exact N: number of individuals with exact age estimates; Yg, Old: youngest (Yg) and oldest (Old) individual sampled in years; Max age: maximum recorded age in years.