Considered the oldest living land animal at 183yrs in 2016, on St Helena island, Sth Atlantic, Jonathan is a Seychelles Giant?
Jonathan (tortoise) Jonathan (tortoise) Jonathan (hatched c. 1832, years ago) is a Seychelles giant tortoise ("Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa"), a subspecies of the Aladabra giant tortoise ("Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa"), and the oldest known living terrestrial animal in the world. Jonathan resides on the island of Saint Helena, a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic Ocean. Jonathan was brought to the island from the Seychelles in 1882, along with three other tortoises at about 50 years of age. He was named in the 1930s by Governor Sir Spencer Davis. He continues to live on the grounds of Plantation House, the official residence of
St Helena, Victoria St Helena, Victoria St Helena ( ) is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 21 km north-east from Melbourne's Central Business District. Its local government area is the City of Banyule. At the 2016 Census, St Helena had a population of 2,923. St Helena was settled by Anthony Beale, who had previously lived on the island of Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean, working as the paymaster for the British East India Company. When St Helena reverted to British Government control in 1836, Beale retired and moved to England for three years with his wife and sixteen children. In the