MAMMALS • REPTILES • AMPHIBIANS • FISH • INSECTS • BIRDS
MAMMALS | |
Largest and Heaviest
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Blue Whale
Average length 30.5 m Largest ever recorded 33.58 m Pregnant female may weigh 203 tones |
Smallest Land Mammal
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Kitti’s hog-nosed Bat (Found in Thailand)2
Wing span 16 cm weight 1.75 to 2 g |
Smallest Marine Mammal
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Probably Heaviside’s dolphin(Found in South Atlantic)
Length 1.22 m Weight 41 kg |
Rarest Mammal Rarest Mammal
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Aspecies of tenrec from Madagascar is only known from a single specimen.
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Fastest Mammal
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Cheetah (found in Africa, Middle East, W. Asia) can run at 100 kph over short distances.
Pronhorn antelope (Found in USA) Can run at 60 kph over long distances. |
Slowest Mammal
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Three-toedsloth (found in South America) covers about 5 m a minute in trees, and only 2 m aminute on the ground.
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Highest Mammal
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Yak (found in Tibet and China)
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BIRDS
Largest Bird (Flightless)
North African Ostrich
Height (male) 2.74 m
Weight 156.5 kg
eggs up to 20 cm long
Height (male) 2.74 m
Weight 156.5 kg
eggs up to 20 cm long
Largest Wing Span
Wandering albatross (found in Southern Oceans)
Average length (male) 3.15 m
Largest ever recorded 3.6 m
Average length (male) 3.15 m
Largest ever recorded 3.6 m
Smallest Bird
Helena’s humming bird (found in Cuba)
Average length (male) 5.8 cm
(head and body 1.5 cm)
Weight 2 g
Egg 1.14 cm long
Average length (male) 5.8 cm
(head and body 1.5 cm)
Weight 2 g
Egg 1.14 cm long
Rarest Bird
Mauritius Kestrel (found in Mauritius)
About 5 are thought to remain.
About 5 are thought to remain.
Fastest Bird
Spine-tailed swift (found in Russia and Himalayas)
flies at 171 kph
flies at 171 kph
Longest Flight
Arctic tern
May cover 40,000 km a year migrating from Arctic to Antarctic and back.
May cover 40,000 km a year migrating from Arctic to Antarctic and back.
Fastest Under Water
Gentoo Penguin swims at 36 kph
Largest Nest
Bald eagles
one was 2.9 m wide and 6 m deep.
one was 2.9 m wide and 6 m deep.