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Show Longest Life Span The longest recorded life span of any backboned animal is 152 years and is credited to a giant land tortoise known to have lived on the Island of Mauritius from 17fi6 to 1918. As it was not young when the record started, its true age may have been more than 200 years. The larger land turtles and crocodiles probably live beyond 100 years, states an authority at the Field museum, Chicago, but records are few. The greatest recorded age for any crocodile is that of a Chinese alligator al-ligator which has lived since 1SSS in the Frankfort zoological gardens. |