Largest Animal In The World
Largest Animal In The World
Among animals, the largest species are all marine mammals, specifically whales. The blue whale is believed to be the largest animal to have ever lived. The largest land animal classification is also dominated by mammals, with the African bush elephant being the largest of these. Blue whales give birth to the largest newborns in the world. Their calves can weigh up to a thousand kilograms and match the size of a small car.
But the blue whale lives in the water and the largest animal who lives on the land side is Elephants. Elephants, specifically African bush elephants, are the second largest animals in the world and the largest on land.
It is believed that at one time there were more than 200,000 blue whales. There are only about 10,000 blue whales now -- they've been on the endangered list since the mid-1960s -- and the population is not expected to recover.
ANIMAL FACTS
Largest animal - Blue whale
Loudest animal - Blue whale
Largest land animal - African elephant
Tallest mammal - Giraffe
Fastest mammal - Cheetah
Fastest air-traveling animal - Peregrine falcon
Smallest mammal - Bumble-bee bat
Longest snake - Reticulated python
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