Order

Carnivora

124 species in 14 families. Maximum lifespan ranges from 8.4 years (European mink) to 56 years (Baikal seal).

Species

124

with a complete mtDNA

Lifespan range

8.4–56 yr

Longest: Baikal seal

Median GC

40.6%

Range 35.8–43.6%

Families

Largest: Felidae (30)

The Carnivora tree

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Outer ring: Maximum lifespan, log scale

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Families of Carnivora

14 families, by species count

Where Carnivora sit among 2,335 species

Whole-genome GC content against maximum lifespan. Hover or tap a point; select it again to open the species.

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Carnivora (124)
Other species

Longest-lived

Top 5 and the shortest-lived

What tracks lifespan in Carnivora

Top 10 of 205 mtDNA features by |ρ| · 72 with q < 0.05

mtDNA features most correlated with log10 maximum lifespan in Carnivora (n = 123)
Feature	n	r	ρ	q	PIC r	Partial r
Pro (P) frequency in all protein-coding genes (% of sense codons)Amino acid	123	+0.43	+0.50	3.5×10⁻⁵ (significant)	+0.10	+0.29
UUA codon frequency in all protein-coding genes (% of codons)Codon	123	−0.43	−0.48	3.5×10⁻⁵ (significant)	−0.30	−0.33
Length of whole mtDNA (bp)Length	123	+0.43	+0.45	3.5×10⁻⁵ (significant)	+0.21	+0.23
Non-coding length of mtDNA (bp)Length	123	+0.43	+0.44	3.5×10⁻⁵ (significant)	+0.21	+0.23
Length of 12S rRNA (bp)Length	123	+0.35	+0.44	8.6×10⁻⁴ (significant)	+0.03	+0.25
CCC codon frequency in all protein-coding genes (% of codons)Codon	123	+0.38	+0.42	3.5×10⁻⁴ (significant)	+0.14	+0.25
Length of D-loop (bp)Length	113	+0.37	+0.38	7.5×10⁻⁴ (significant)	+0.20	+0.18
Glu (E) frequency in all protein-coding genes (% of sense codons)Amino acid	123	+0.40	+0.38	1.3×10⁻⁴ (significant)	+0.06	+0.42
GC% of 12S rRNAComposition	123	+0.41	+0.38	6.5×10⁻⁵ (significant)	+0.14	+0.45
GUG codon frequency in all protein-coding genes (% of codons)Codon	123	+0.42	+0.37	6.5×10⁻⁵ (significant)	+0.10	+0.22

Lifespan is log₁₀-transformed. r is the Pearson and ρ the Spearman rank correlation across species. q corrects the p-value for testing 205 features at once (Benjamini–Hochberg); green marks q < 0.05.

PIC r uses phylogenetically independent contrasts, so related species do not count as independent evidence. Partial r holds log₁₀ body mass constant, because big animals live longer. Bold values have p < 0.05. Select a feature to plot it against lifespan.

Species in Carnivora

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20 species

Species in Carnivora

Pusa sibirica	Baikal seal	Phocidae	56 yr	16,773 bp	41.88%
Phoca vitulina	Harbor seal	Phocidae	47.6 yr	16,826 bp	41.72%
Pusa hispida	Ringed seal	Phocidae	46 yr	16,754 bp	41.30%
Ursus maritimus	Polar bear	Ursidae	43.8 yr	17,017 bp	41.36%
Halichoerus grypus	Gray seal	Phocidae	42.9 yr	16,797 bp	41.73%
Crocuta crocuta	Spotted hyena	Hyaenidae	41.1 yr	17,138 bp	42.64%
Ursus arctos	Brown bear	Ursidae	40 yr	17,020 bp	41.31%
Ursus thibetanus	Asiatic black bear	Ursidae	39.2 yr	16,795 bp	40.95%
Tremarctos ornatus	Spectacled bear	Ursidae	39 yr	16,766 bp	41.36%
Potos flavus	Kinkajou	Procyonidae	38.4 yr	16,581 bp	40.58%
Ailuropoda melanoleuca	Giant panda	Ursidae	36.8 yr	16,805 bp	38.79%
Helarctos malayanus	Sun bear	Ursidae	35.9 yr	16,783 bp	40.95%
Zalophus californianus	California sea lion	Otariidae	35.7 yr	16,677 bp	40.39%
Ursus americanus	American black bear	Ursidae	34 yr	16,841 bp	40.60%
Melursus ursinus	Sloth bear	Ursidae	33.3 yr	16,817 bp	41.71%
Eumetopias jubatus	Steller sea lion	Otariidae	32.8 yr	16,638 bp	40.79%
Lynx rufus	Bobcat	Felidae	32.3 yr	17,056 bp	41.01%
Arctocephalus pusillus	South African fur seal	Otariidae	32.1 yr	16,652 bp	40.81%
Parahyaena brunnea	Brown hyena	Hyaenidae	31.9 yr	17,197 bp	42.57%
Mellivora capensis	Honey badger	Mustelidae	31.3 yr	16,579 bp	43.36%