Oldest hominids
Humans are the longest-lived hominid species, with Jeanne Calment being the longest-lived hominid ever, at 122 years. Other members of the family Hominidae are shorter-lived. This article lists the oldest known individuals of each hominidae species.
Deceased
Living
†^ denotes age at death, or, if living, age as of 30 November 2024
| Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age [†] | Place of death or residence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Little Mama[1][2] | F | c. 1937-1942 | 14 November 2017 | c. 81 to 87 years | United States, Lion Country Safari |
| 2? | Joao[3] | M | c. 1943-1948 | Living | c. 73 to 78 Years | South Africa, Chimp Eden |
| 3? | Susie [4][5] | F | c. June 1953 | Living | c. 71 | United States, Sunset Zoo |
| 4? | Gregoire | M | c. 1942 | 17 December 2008 | c. 66 years | Republic of the Congo, Tchimpounga Sanctuary |
| 5? | Auntie Rose[6] | F | ? | ? | c. 63 years | ? (oldest wild chimpanzee)[7] |
| 6? | Garbo/Grandma[8] | F | 10 December 1953 | c. 15 November 2015 | 61 years, c. 340 days | United States, Chimp Haven |
| 7? | Jimmie[9] | F | 1960 | Living | 61 years | Netherlands, Royal Burgers' Zoo |
| 8? | Fifi[10][11] | F | c. May 1947 | 19 July 2007 | c. 60 years, 2 months | Australia, Taronga Zoo |
| 9? | Coco[12] | F | c. 1952 | 2012 | c. 60 years | United States, Oregon Zoo |
| 10? | Blossom[13] | F | 1950s | 11 November 2017 | "in her 60s" | United Kingdom, Scotland, Blair Drummond Safari Park |
| 11? | Sarah Anne[14] | F | c. August 1959 | July 2019 | 59 years, 11 months | United States, Chimp Haven |
| 12? | Gamma[15] | F | 1932 | 19 February 1992 | 59.4 years | United States, Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center |
| 13? | Mama[16][17] | F | 1957 | 5 April 2016 | 59 years | Netherlands, Royal Burgers' Zoo |
Golden and Glitter (born 1998, wild living at Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania) are the oldest known chimpanzee twins, at 20 years (as of 2018).[18]
Deceased
Living
†^ denotes age at death, or, if living, age as of March 27, 2018
| Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age [†] | Place of death or residence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fatou[19] | F | 1957 (est.) | Living | c. 66–67 | Germany, Berlin Zoo |
| 2 | Trudy[19] | F | 1957 (est.) | 24 July 2019 | c. 61–62 | United States, Little Rock Zoo |
| 2 | Helen[20] | F | 1958 | Living | 65–66 | United States, Louisville Zoo |
| 4 | Colo | F | 22 December 1956 | 17 January 2017 | 60 years, 26 days | United States, Columbus Zoo |
| 5 | Old Bob[21] | M | 8 September 1961 | Living | 63 years, 83 days | United Kingdom, Margate |
| 6 | Goma [22] | F | 23 September 1959 | 7 June 2018[23] | 58 years, 258 days | Switzerland, Basel Zoo |
| 8 | Nico | M | 1962 | January 2018 | 56 years | United Kingdom, Longleat Safari Park |
| 9 | Jenny | F | c. 1953 | 4 September 2008 | 55 years | United States, Dallas Zoo |
| 10 | Fritz[24] | M | 1963 | 2018 | 55 years | Germany, Nuremberg Zoo |
Deceased
Living
†^ denotes age at death, or, if living, age as of January, 2017
| Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age [†] | Place of death or residence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Puan[25] | F | 1956 | 17 June 2018 | 62 years | Australia, Perth Zoo |
| 1 | Gypsy[26][27] | F | 1955 | September 2017 | 62 years | Japan, Tama Zoological Park |
| 3 | Guas[28] | M | c. 1919 | 1977 | 58 years | United States, Philadelphia Zoo |
| 4 | Nonja | F | 1952 | 29 December 2007 | 55 years | United States, Zoo Miami |
| 5 | Maggie[27][28] | F | 1961 | May 2016 | 54 years | United States, Brookfield Zoo |
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- ^ "Zoo mourns loss of oldest resident, Coco the chimpanzee".
- ^ "Blossom the Chimpanzee | Blair Drummond Safari Park". www.blairdrummond.com.
- ^ Welborn, Vickie. "One of Chimp Haven's first two chimps has died".
- ^ http://allmanlab.caltech.edu/PDFs/HakeemSandovalJonesAllman1996.pdf, p. 90
- ^ Zoo, Burgers'. "Famous chimpanzee passes away at very old age". www.burgerszoo.com.
- ^ "59-year-old dying chimp refuses food - until she recognises her old caretaker's voice". The Independent. December 6, 2017.
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- ^ "Meet the Gorillas". Louisville Zoo. July 29, 2014.
- ^ "Old Bob featured in The Isle of Thanet Gazette!". British Gorilla Foun. February 19, 2020.
- ^ Basel, Zoo. "Famous female gorilla Goma turns 55". www.zoobasel.ch.
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- ^ https://www.gorillas-in-zoos.de/auflistung-aller-gorillas-in-deutschland/
- ^ "World's oldest Sumatran orangutan, Puan, dies in Australia at the age of 62".
- ^ NEWS, KYODO. "World's oldest Bornean orangutan dies at 62 at Tokyo zoo". Kyodo News+.
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