Animals by longest recorded lifespan

1. 🐚 Ocean quahog clam507 years

   A clam nicknamed Ming was born around 1499 and was dredged up off Iceland in 2006, aged by its shell rings. Source

2. 🐋 Bowhead whaleabout 211 years

   Bowheads may live past 200 years; some carry stone harpoon points from hunts more than a century ago. Source

3. 🧓 Human122 years

   Jeanne Calment lived 122 years and 164 days and said that, as a girl, she met Vincent van Gogh in her uncle's shop. Source

4. 🦜 Cockatoo83 years

   Cookie, a Major Mitchell's cockatoo, arrived at Brookfield Zoo the year it opened, 1934, and lived there until 2016. Source

5. 🐈 House cat38 years

   Creme Puff of Austin, Texas, lived 38 years and 3 days, more than twice as long as most pet cats. Source

Longest reliably recorded or estimated life of any one individual of each kind.