List of longest-living organisms

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This is a list of the longest-living organisms that is, the individuals (in some instances, clones) of a species. This may be, for a given species

  1. Oldest known individuals that are currently living
  2. Record holders, such as the most long-lived human, Jeanne Calment, or the most long-lived cat, Creme Puff

Ordinarily, this does not consider the age of the species itself, comparing species by the range of age-span of their individuals, or the time between first appearance (speciation) and extinction of the species.

Biological immortality

Hydras may not grow old.

If the mortality rate of a species does not increase after maturity, the species does not age and is said to be biologically immortal. There are many examples of plants and animals for which the mortality rate actually decreases with age, for all or part of the life cycle.[1]

If the mortality rate remains constant, the rate determines the mean life-span. The life-span can be long or short, even though the species technically "does not age".

Other species have been observed to regress to a larval state and regrow into adults multiple times.

Revived into activity after stasis

This Judean Date Palm sprouted from a 2000-year-old seed.

Clonal plant and fungi colonies

Pando is a clonal colony of quaking aspens that is at least 80,000 years old.

As with all long-lived plant and fungal species, no individual part of a clonal colony is alive (in the sense of active metabolism) for more than a very small fraction of the life of the entire colony. Some clonal colonies may be fully connected via their root systems, while most are not actually interconnected, but are genetically identical clones which populated an area through vegetative reproduction. Ages for clonal colonies, often based on current growth rates, are estimates.[19]

Individual microorganisms

Some endoliths have extremely long lives. In August 2013 researchers reported evidence of endoliths in the ocean floor with a generation time of ten millennia.[35] These are slowly metabolizing, not in a dormant state.

Individual plant specimens

The Llangernyw Yew may be the oldest tree in Europe.

Humans

  >80
  77.5-80
  75-77.5
  72.5-75
  70-72.5
  67.5-70
  65-67.5
  60-65
  55-60
  50-55
  45-50
  40-45
  <40
Life expectancy by region

These are single examples, for a broader view see Life expectancy (includes Humans)

Terrestrial and pagophilic animals

Muja, the world's oldest alligator

Aquatic animals

Giant barrel sponges can live more than 2000 years.

See also

Further reading

Rachel Sussman (2014). The Oldest Living Things in the World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226057507. 

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