The life spans of animals - Listed are either the average lifespan of an animal or the most extreme age recorded, or both. Some animals live a very extended life, others very short. What determines the average life expectancy of a particular animal is dependant on many evolutionary pressures. Speed of metabolism, age of sexual maturity, body and or brain size and risk of predation are a number of factors that can determine animal life expectancy.
Animal | Average Lifespan (Years) |
Extreme Life span (Years) |
---|---|---|
Bat | 38 | |
Black Bear | 18 | |
Bottlenose Dolphin | 20 | 50 |
Bowhead whale | 200 | |
Bull | 28 | |
Camel | 12 | 50 |
Cat | 12 | 25 |
Chicken | 8 | 15 |
Cow | 10 | 22 |
Deer | 10 | 35 |
Dog | 12 | 18 |
Donkey | 45 | |
Elephant | 40 | 78 |
Fox | 9 | 14 |
Giraffe | 10 | 30 |
Goat | 12 | 17 |
Gorilla | 20 | 55 |
Grizzly Bear | 25 | 47 |
Hare | 10 | |
Hippopotamus | 30 | 49 |
Horse | 20 | 40 |
Human | 75 | 122 |
Kangaroo | 7 | 23 |
Lion | 15 | 35 |
Lobster | 15 | |
Monkey | 13 | 29 |
Mouse | 2 | 4 |
Ox | 20 | |
Parrot | 80 | |
Pig | 10 | 25 |
Pigeon | 11 | 39 |
Polar Bear | 20 | 21 |
Quahog (deep sea clam) | 220 | |
Rabbit | 5 | 15 |
Rhinoceros | 15 | |
Sea Lion | 14 | 22 |
Sheep | 12 | 16 |
Sturgeon | 80 | |
Tiger | 22 | |
Tortoise | 193 | |
Turtle | 100 | 125 |
Wolf | 10 | 18 |