Animals
11 records
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01 / Animals 209 tons Largest animal ever Blue whale See record ↗ -
02 / Animals 13.5 tons Largest land animal African bush elephant See record ↗ -
03 / Animals 64.3 mph Fastest land animal Cheetah See record ↗ -
04 / Animals 1,984 lb Heaviest land predator on record Polar bear (male shot in 1960) · Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, USA See record ↗ -
05 / Animals 34.2 mph Fastest primate Patas monkey · Sub-Saharan Africa See record ↗ -
06 / Animals 211 years Longest-lived mammal Bowhead whale · Arctic and sub-Arctic seas See record ↗ -
07 / Animals 0 lb Smallest mammal by mass Etruscan shrew · Mediterranean region, Asia and Africa See record ↗ -
08 / Animals 241.7 mph Fastest animal Peregrine falcon See record ↗ -
09 / Animals 392 years Longest-lived vertebrate Greenland shark See record ↗ -
10 / Animals 194 years Oldest living land animal Jonathan, a Seychelles giant tortoise · Saint Helena See record ↗ -
11 / Animals 18′ 0.5″ Tallest living animal Giraffe See record ↗
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