The Life Span of Animals - How Long Do Animals Live?
Have you ever wondered how long an animal of a given species is expected to live? Well this weeks article will provide you with a list of animals with their average life spans. All species of animals that die naturally over a period of time can provide us with their life expectancy. This information gives us their average life span which can roughly tell us how long a particular animal specie can live. Since this is just an average life expectancy, no doubt you will always have some exceptions. You will definitely have a few animals exceeding their life span.Some animals life span might seems very
short while others are reasonable long when compared to other animal species. However, the average life expectancy of a given animal is determined by factors such as genetic make up, metabolic rate, body size, age of sexual maturity etc. It is important to note also that some domesticated animal can live longer or shorter than if they were living in their natural environment (habitat). The reason for this may due to conditions such as new life style, change of diet, disease, predator (absent), etc. Therefore, in spite of the fact that many of these values given in the list below are based on records taken from various sources, it should not be seen as the absolute maximum lifespan.| Animal | Average Life Span of Animal (Years) |
| African Grey Parrot | 50 |
| Alligator | 68 |
| Amazon Parrot | 80 |
| American Alligator | 56 |
| American Box Turtle | 123 |
| American Newt | 3 |
| American Toad | 15 |
| Angleworm | 15 |
| Anole | 3 |
| Ant (Queen) | 3 |
| Ant (Worker) | 1/2 |
| Asian elephant | 40 |
| B | |
| Bare Eyed Cockatoo | 40 |
| Bat | 24 |
| Bear | 40 |
| Beaver | 20 |
| Bee (Queen) | 5 |
| Bee (Worker) | 1 |
| Binturong | 18 |
| Bison | 30 |
| Blackbird | 18 |
| Boa Constrictor | 23 |
| Bottlenose Dolphin | 20 |
| Box Turtle | 123 |
| Budgerigar | 18 |
| Bull | 28 |
| Bull Frog | 16 |
| Bull Snake | 18 |
| C | |
| Caiman | 28 |
| Camel | 50 |
| Canada Goose | 33 |
| Canary | 20 |
| Canvasback duck | 19 |
| Capybara | 12 |
| Carp | 100 |
| Cat | 25 |
| Catfish | 60 |
| Chicken | 15 |
| Chinchilla | 20 |
| Chimpanzee | 40 |
| Chipmunk | 12 |
| Cicada | 17 |
| Civet | 13 |
| Cobra | 28 |
| Cockatiel | 32 |
| Common Goldeneye | 17 |
| Congo Eel | 27 |
| Conure | 25 |
| Cottonmouth Mocassin | 21 |
| Cottontail | 10 |
| Cow | 22 |
| Crocodile | 45 |
| D | |
| Deer | 35 |
| Dog, large | 10 |
| Dog | 22 |
| Domestic Pigeon | 26 |
| Donkey | 45 |
| E | |
| Eagle | 55 |
| Eclectus Parrot | 20 |
| Eel | 55 |
| Egyptian Goose | 28 |
| Elephant | 70 |
| Elk | 22 |
| English Sparrow | 23 |
| F | |
| Fence Lizard | 4 |
| Ferret | 12 |
| Flying Squirrel | 14 |
| Fox | 14 |
| G | |
| Galah | 26 |
| Galapagos Land Tortoise | 193 |
| Gerbil | 5 |
| Giant Salamander | 55 |
| Giant Tortoise | 152 |
| Goat | 15 |
| Golden Hamster | 4 |
| Gorilla | 20 |
| Gouldian finch | 6 |
| Great Horned Owl | 68 |
| Green Frog | 10 |
| Grey Cheeked Parrot | 15 |
| Grey Squirrel | 20 |
| Grizzly bear | 32 |
| Grouse | 10 |
| Guinea Pig | 8 |
| H | |
| Hare | 10 |
| Hellbender | 29 |
| Hippopotamus | 45 |
| Hog | 18 |
| Horse | 40 |
| House Mouse | 4 |
| Human | 70-80 |
| Humming Bird | 8 |
| I | |
| J | |
| K | |
| Kangaroo | 9 |
| Koala | 8 |
| L | |
| Leopard | 17 |
| Leopard Frog | 6 |
| Lion | 35 |
| Lobster | 15 (they can live into their 50’s!) |
| M | |
| Macaw | 50 |
| Mallard | 20 |
| Mongoose | 12 |
| Mosquitofish | 2 |
| Mountain Lion | 20 |
| Mouse | 4 |
| Mudpuppy | 9 |
| Muscrat | 6 |
| Mynah | 8 |
| N | |
| Newt | 7 |
| Norwegian Rat | 4 |
| Nutria | 15 |
| O | |
| Opossum | 4 |
| Ox | 20 |
| P | |
| Painted Turtle | 11 |
| Parrot | 80 |
| Pea Fowl | 20 |
| Pheasant | 18 |
| Pig (wild) | 25 |
| Pigeon | 11 |
| Pionus Parrot | 15 |
| Platypus | 10 |
| Polar bear | 20 |
| Porcupine | 20 |
| Prarie Dog | 10 |
| Q | |
| Quail | 6 |
| R | |
| Rabbit | 9 |
| Rainbow Lorikeet | 15 |
| Rat Snake | 23 |
| Rattlesnake | 22 |
| Red Eared Turtle | 7 |
| Redhead Duck | 17 |
| Rhinoceros | 40 |
| Rosella | 15 |
| S | |
| Sea Lion | 14 |
| Sheep | 15 |
| Snapping Turtle | 57 |
| South African Clawed Toad | 15 |
| Squirrel | 16 |
| Sulphur Crested Cockatoo | 40 |
| Superb Parrot | 36 |
| Swan | 102 |
| T | |
| Tapir | 30 |
| Tasmanian Tiger | 7 |
| Teal | 20 |
| Tiger | 22 |
| Tiger Salamander | 11 |
| Toad | 36 |
| Toucan | 6 |
| Tree Frog | 14 |
| Trumpeter Swan | 33 |
| Turkey Buzzard | 118 |
| U | |
| V | |
| W | |
| Whistling Duck | 15 |
| Wombat | 15 |
| Wolf | 18 |
| Woodchuck | 15 |
| X | |
| Y | |
| Z | |
| Zebra Finch | 17 |
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posted by R. Edmondson @ 11:55 PM 23 comments 
R. Edmondson
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23 Comments:
Whoa...the swan and the turkey buzzard surprised me most. I had no idea they could hit the century mark.
Scientists are just learning about how aging occurs on the cellular level. Most recently, HGH - human growth hormone - has been disputed as the "fountain of youth" it had been originaly thought of.
Oxidation, or free radical damage, plays a central role in aging and illness. That we know.
How long does the fly live? Do you know?
Okay guys, I’m back in the blogosphere from my busy schedule :)
Phoenix:
The building block of our body is the cell and that’s where our built-in clock are located that control how many times our cells divide or repair itself and when to cease doing so. For the Human Growth Hormone (HGH), only time will tell. Its use as an anti-aging treatment is expensive.
Who knows, we will not live forever but it is quite possible that we will be able to increase human life span to 150 or longer. This begs the question will the poor get old and die quickly while the rich live longer and younger if science should come up with an absolute anti-aging treatment?
Noiz:
Well it depends on what type of fly you are talking about. If you are referring to a house fly then its life span would be about 15 to 30 days.
I know I'm chiming in very late. but I just saw this post and was curious about the Eland and the Yak which do not appear here. :-(
A lot of this data is wrong. The turkey buzzard and swan refer to longest lifespan ever recorded for those animals, not averages.
This data is way off. There is no way that average life span for a dog is 22 years. I've never known a dog to live longer than 15. Likewise for cats. I think this is maximums and those two numbers make me doubt all the other figures.
I think you need to replace average in the matrix title, with record...
If the oldest living dog just turned 21, how can the average lifespan for them be 22?
You have Macaws and Parrots confused. Macaws live anywhere from 80-90 years, and Parrots live less. It all depends on the type of parrot.
Your stats' are tripe!
I've never seen a website with such inaccurate information come top on a search engine. Absolute rubbish. Is this information based on these animals living on another planet?
my swan is 102 and he still tap dances
not bad.
with a normal non stressfull life:
humans:100 not 70-80! much proof here
normal dogs:20 (excluding great danes, teacups) mine is 16, sterilized female almost no medical care in 8 years.
cats:20 (not 25) mine is 18 sterilized female with many injuries.
flies:2 years
gators: 50-60
cow:20
cockateil:20 (mine is female, 14 almost no medical care in the last 8 years and still very young!)
what about whales dolphins?
its a sad thing to see how badly people treat things that can have life for so long.
also, what are the sexes? are they
sterilized? is that with or without medical care?
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No wonder, turtles top the list! However, I’m amazed to read about the life span of some of these animals!
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102 years for a swan? Now that’s come to me as a shock.
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That's something they rarely mention on tanzania safari holidays. Then again, I guess what's more important is that the animals are there and remain so for generations to come.
Some data are wrong pls clear it
I'm sorry, but I did some fact checking and the life spans I checked were all inaccurate (squirrel, cat, dog, swan..). Well actually I'm not sorry – what's this supposed to be?
Thanks for this read mate. Well, this is my first visit to your blog! But I admire the precious time and effort you put into it, especially into interesting articles you share here!
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