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Jonathan (hatched c. 1832) [2] [3] is a Seychelles giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa), a subspecies of the Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea).His approximate age is estimated to be 192 as of 2025, making him the oldest known living land animal.
Jonathan is the oldest tortoise and the oldest known living mammal on the planet. The year that Jonathan was born, Andrew Jackson was president, William IV was the king of England, and New York ...
Jonathan the tortoise, who hatched in the Georgian era, is 190 and the oldest known living land animal on Earth. ... still helps look after the tortoise. Mr Hollins said: “When you think, if he ...
A Huon pine colony on Mount Read, Tasmania, is estimated at 10,000 years old, with individual specimens living over 3,000 years. [44] Old Tjikko, a Norway spruce tree in the county of Dalarna, Sweden, is living on top of roots that have been radiocarbon-dated to 9,550 years old. The tree is part of a clonal colony that was established at the ...
As of 2025, Jonathan, a 193-year-old, Saint Helena-dwelling Seychelles giant tortoise, is thought to be the oldest living terrestrial animal on Earth since the 2006 death of Harriet; a 176 year old Galapagos giant tortoise who lived at Australia Zoo. Coming in second to Jonathan is Esmeralda, at 181 years old.
The Duke of Edinburgh has encountered the world’s oldest living land animal – Jonathan the 191-year-old giant tortoise. Edward crouched down to meet Jonathan as the tortoise stretched his neck ...
Harriet's story was told in Robin Stewart's book Darwin's Tortoise: The Amazing True Story of Harriet, the World's Oldest Living Creature. [12] She appears as one of the protagonists in the Curious Science Quest series of children's time-travel adventures co-written by Julia Golding which explore the history of science. [13]
“In all likelihood, he is even older than we think,” according to Guinness World Records.