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How Long Animals LiveTHE LIFE SPANS OF 50 ANIMALS

HOUSE MOUSE

Mammals Worms Sponges C nidar ia ns Ar thropodsAmphi b ia ns Rep t i l es B irds F ish Echinode rms Mollusks

Mus musculus

DOGCanis lupus familiaris

FOWLER’S TOADAnaxyrus fowleri

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SQUIRREL (EASTERN GREY)Sciurus carolinensis

KANGAROO (WESTERN GREY)Macropus fuliginosus

SOUTHERN TWO-TOED SLOTHCholoepus didactylus

COWBos taurus

AMERICAN BISONBison bison

POLAR BEARUrsus maritimus

HORSEEquus ferus caballus

BOBCATLynx rufus

GRIZZLY BEARUrsus arctos ssp.

TIGERPanthera tigris

NAKED MOLE RATHeterocephalus glaber

RED-CROWNED CRANEGrus japonensis

CHANNEL CATFISHIctalurus punctatus

6EMUDromaius novaehollandiae

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CHEETAHAcinonyx jubatus

PRONGHORNAntilocpra americana

CHICKENGallus gallus domesticus

PIGEONColumba livia

RATTLESNAKE (EASTERN DIAMONDBACK)Crotalus adamanteus

BURMESE ROCKPYTHONPython molurus bivattatus

AMERICAN ALLIGATORAlligator mississippiensis

ASIAN ELEPHANTElephas maximus

BOWHEAD WHALEBalaena mysticetus

HUMANHomo sapiens

KOICyprinus rubrofuscus

ROUGHEYE ROCKFISHSebastes aleutianus

GREENLAND SHARKSomniosus microcephalus

DEEP-SEA TUBE WORMLamellibrachia luymesi

Koi have b e en repor ted to l ive b e t we en 100 a nd 200 ye ars in cap t iv it y.

These bl ind cave s alama nde rs ca n l ive to 100.

The oldest re c orded sp e cimen l ived to 122.

O ne ge oduck l ived to 168.

Sp e cimens st udied we re est imated to b e b e t we en 272 a nd 512 ye ars old.

LOBSTERNephropidae (family)

O ne Ne w York sp e cimen, G e orge, l ived to b e 140 ye ars old.

ORANGUTANPongo abelii, Pongo pygmaeus

JAPANESE GIANT SALAMANDERAndrias japonicus

OLMProteus anguinus

BALD EAGLEHaliaeetus Ieucocephalus

RADIATED TORTOISE Geochelone radiata

GALÁPAGOS TORTOISEChelonoidis nigra

RED SEA URCHINMesocentrotus franciscanus

ANDEAN CONDORVultur gryphus

GREATER FLAMINGOPhoenicopterus roseus

FRESHWATER PEARL MUSSELMargaritifera margaritifera

OCEAN QUAHOGArctica islandica

GIANT BARREL SPONGEXestospongia muta

BLACK CORALLeiopathes glaberrima

IMMORTAL JELLYFISHTurritopsis dohrnii

ALDABRA GIANT TORTOISEAldabrachelys gigantea

GEODUCKPanopea generosa

GREEN-WINGED MACAWAra chloroptera

TUATARASphenodon punctatus

A 507-ye ar-old clam, “Ming,” died in 2006.

This sp e cies ca n reve r t f rom sexual mat ur it y to a sexually immat ure, c olonial s ta ge a nd rep e at the p ro c ess indefinitely.

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