Title: Maximum life span
Content: for common house mouse, 4 ; for Brown rat, 3.8 ; for dogs, 29 (See List of oldest dogs) ; for cats, 38 (See List of oldest cats) ; for common cranes, 43 ; for polar bears, 42 (Debby) ; for horses, 62 ; for Asian elephants, 86 Large parrots (macaws and cockatoos can live up to 80–100 years in captivity) ; Koi (a Japanese species of fish, allegedly living up to 200 years, though generally not exceeding 50 – a specimen named Hanako was reportedly 226 years old upon her death) ; Tortoises (Galápagos tortoise) (190 years) ; Tuataras (a New 
Title: List of longest-living organisms
Content: Glass sponges found in the East China Sea and Southern Ocean have been estimated to be more than 10,000 years old. Although this may be an overestimate, it is likely that this is the longest lived animal on Earth. ; Specimens of the black coral genus Leiopathes, such as Leiopathes glaberrima, are among the oldest continuously living organisms on the planet: around 4,265 years old. The giant barrel sponge Xestospongia muta is one of the longest-lived animals, with the largest specimens in the Caribbean estimated to be in excess of 2,300 years old. ; The black coral Antipatharia in the Gulf of Mexico may live more 
Title: List of longest-living organisms
Content:  be the oldest elephant in captivity in Asia and was nicknamed ‘Gaja Muthassi’ (grandmother of elephants). ; Lin Wang, an Asian elephant, was the oldest elephant in the Taipei Zoo. He was born on January 18, 1917, and died on February 26, 2003, at 86 years, surpassing the previous record of 84. Normally, elephants live up to 50 years, while their maximum lifespan is generally estimated at 70. ; Hakuna, an African slender-snouted crocodile was gifted to Blijdorp Zoo in Rotterdam, Netherlands, in 1929 by singer and dancer Josephine Baker, He lived there for 85 years until he died on 19 February 2015, He is the oldest crocodile in 
Title: Shark
Content:   Shark lifespans vary by species. Most live 20 to 30 years. The spiny dogfish has one of the longest lifespans at more than 100 years. Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) may also live over 100 years. Earlier estimates suggested the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) could reach about 200 years, but a recent study found that a 5.02 m specimen was 392 ± 120 years old (i.e., at least 272 years old), making it the longest-lived vertebrate known.
Title: Longevity
Content:  Longevity in animals can shed light on the determinants of life expectancy in humans, especially when found in related mammals. However, important contributions to longevity research have been made by research in other species, ranging from yeast to flies to worms. In fact, some closely related species of vertebrates can have dramatically different life expectancies, demonstrating that relatively small genetic changes can have a dramatic impact on aging. For instance, Pacific Ocean rockfishes have widely varying lifespans. The species Sebastes minor lives a mere 11 years while its cousin Sebastes aleutianus can live for more than 2 centuries. Similarly, a chameleon, Furcifer labordi, is the current record holder for shortest lifespan among tetrapods, with only 4–5 months to live. By contrast, some of its relatives, such as Furcifer pardalis, have been found to live up to 6 years.
Title: List of longest-living organisms
Content:  in June 2006. ; Timothy, a Greek tortoise, born in Turkey died at an age of 165 years on 3 April 2004 in the UK. ; The tuatara, a lizard-like reptile native to New Zealand, can live well over 100 years. Henry, a tuatara at the Southland Museum in New Zealand, mated for the first time at the estimated age of 111 years in 2009 with an 80-year-old female and fathered 11 baby tuatara. ; Dakshayani, a female Asian elephant, initially owned by the Travancore royal family and later by the Travancore Devaswom Board, was 88 or 89 years old when she died on February 5, 2019. She is believed 
Title: List of longest-living organisms
Content:  1,000 years. ; The Greenland shark had been estimated to live to about 200 years, but a study published in 2016 found that a 5.02 m specimen was 392 ± 120 years old, resulting in a minimum age of 272 and a maximum of 512. That makes the Greenland shark the longest-lived vertebrate. ; The maximum life-span of the freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) may be 210–250 years. ; Some have claimed koi fish can live more than 200 years, for example Hanako, which some claim died at an age of 226 years on July 7, 1977, but this age estimate is based on a scale 
Title: List of longest-living organisms
Content:  living in the ARCTUROS bear sanctuary in northern Greece. He was at least 50 years old at the time of his death. ; On May 27, 1983, a splendor beetle emerged from a staircase in Essex, UK, after at least 47 years as a larva. ; A wild-born black rhino named Elly was the oldest in North America at an estimated 45 years of age, and resided in California's San Francisco Zoo from April 1974 until passing in May 2017. ; The oldest living spider, named Number 16 by researchers, was a 43-year-old female Gaius villosus armored trapdoor spider, at the North Bungulla Reserve, Tammin, Western Australia. ; Debby, 
Title: Maximum life span
Content:  or predation. The maximum life span of most species is documented in the Anage repository. Maximum life span is usually longer for species that are larger or have effective defenses against predation, such as bird flight, chemical defenses or living in social groups. The differences in life span between species demonstrate the role of genetics in determining maximum life span ("rate of aging"). The records (in years) are these: The longest-lived vertebrates have been variously described as  Invertebrate species which continue to grow as long as they live (e.g., certain clams, some coral species) can on occasion live hundreds of years: 
Title: Longevity
Content: The quahog clam (Arctica islandica) is exceptionally long-lived, with a maximum recorded age of 507 years, the longest of any animal. Other clams of the species have been recorded as living up to 374 years. ; Lamellibrachia luymesi, a deep-sea cold-seep tubeworm, is estimated to reach ages of over 250 years based on a model of its growth rates. ; A bowhead whale killed in a hunt was found to be approximately 211 years old (possibly up to 245 years old), the longest-lived mammal known. ; Possibly 250-million year-old bacteria, Bacillus permians, were revived from stasis after being found in sodium chloride crystals in a cavern in New Mexico. 

Question: which animal on earth has the longest life span?
Answer: tortoise.