World’s largest animals on the earth

Doing research for the world’s largest animals? Now check out this post. Here are the list for the largest animals on the earth.

Largest Animal : Blue Whale

The recorded weight of this animal was 190 tonnes with the length of 30m.

Largest Living Land Animal : African Bush elephant

It has an average weight of 100 kg at the time of birth. The largest elephant recorded was a male having the weight of 13.5 tons and a length of 10.6 m (from trunk to tail) with a shoulder height of 4.2 m.

Largest living land carnivore : Polar bear and brown bear

The polar bear and brown bear are having having the weight of 1 ton and height of 3m.

Largest reptile : Saltwater crocodile

The crocodile has the length of 5 m. The largest recorded crocodile had a weight of 1,900 kg and 6.3 m length.

Tallest living land animal : Giraffe

Height of 5.8 m and it is considered as the tallest living animal on the land. Its weight is approximately 2,000 kg.

Largest living bird : Ostrich

Ostrich is the largest living bird having a height of 2.7 m and a weight of 156 kg.

Largest amphibian : Chinese giant salamander

The ugly look, Chinese giant salamander is the largest living amphibian having a weight of 64 kg and 1.83 m length.

Largest fish : Whale Shark

Whale shark is the largest living fish having a length of 13.6 m and 22,000 kg weight.

Largest invertebrate : Colossal Squid

Colossal Squid is the largest invertebrate which attains the maximum size of 14 m long. The largest recorded size of colossal squid was measured 10 m long with a weight of 494 kg. So you can imagine how huge it is.

Heaviest insect : Goliath beetle

Goliath beetle is the heaviest beetle having a weight of 115 g and a length of 11.5 cm.