Are whales the mammals with the longest lifespan?

Greenland Sharks are currently the vertebrate species with the longest known lifespan. An examination of 28 specimens in one study published in 2016 determined by radiocarbon dating that the oldest of the animals that they sampled had lived for about 392 ± 120 years (a minimum of 272 years and a maximum of 512 years). read more

Also known as the Arctic whale, the bowhead is by far the longest living mammal on Earth. Some bowhead whales have been found with the tips of ivory spears still lodged in their flesh from failed attempts by whalers 200 years ago. read more

Scientists agree that the bowhead whale has the longest lifespan of all marine mammals. Bowhead whale and calf in the Arctic (Marine Mammal Permit 782-1719). The inset drawing shows an 1884 illustration of a bowhead. read more