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World's Largest Mammals

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This is a collection of eight of the worlds largest mammals. The Class Mammalia has a wide range of diversity in size. The largest mammal is the blue whale, which can weigh 160 metric tons (160,000 kg). Sources: Encyclopedia of Life Mammals taxon page: http://www.eol.org/pages/1642 and World Wildlife Fund: http://wwf.worldwildlife.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=32901.0

  • 74551_88_88 Plantae > Pinaceae

    Larix lyallii

    Subalpine larch

  • 85228_88_88 Animalia > Hippopotamidae

    Hippopotamus amphibius

    Hippopotamus

    Hippos can measures 1500mm (around 5 feet) in height at the shoulder and has a length of 4310-5160 mm (nearly 17 feet). Their tails can be about 560mm (2 feet) long. Hippopotamuses graze on grasses growing along the banks of their river habitats. They very occasionally eat small animals or consume carrion. (Source:http://www.eol.org/data_objects/12546679)

  • 08507_88_88 Animalia > Perissodactyla

    Rhinocerotidae

    Rhinoceroses

    A Rhinoceros can weigh almost 8,000 pounds! A closely related family, Hyracodontidae, produced the largest land mammal to have ever lived, Indricotherium. This rhinoceros is believed to have stood 5.4 m tall (over 17 feet) at the shoulder and probably weighed around 30,000 kg (66,139 lbs.)! (Source: http://www.eol.org/data_objects/12561740)

  • 81882_88_88 Animalia > Balaenopteridae

    Balaenoptera musculus

    Blue whale

    Blue whale are the largest cetacean and the biggest animal ever to live on Earth. They can grow to more than 100 feet. (Source: http://www.eol.org/pages/328574)

  • 44999_88_88 Animalia > Ursidae

    Ursus maritimus

    Polar bear

    Polar bears are the largest land carnivores. The average male is 2.6m (8.5 feet) tall and weighs 900 lbs. The average female is 2m (6.5 feet)tall and weights 500 lbs. (Source: http://wwf.worldwildlife.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=32901.0)

  • 83976_88_88 Animalia > Hominidae

    Gorilla gorilla

    Gorilla

    Gorilla's are the world's largest primate.The largest wild adult male gorilla recorded weighed 510 pounds and stood 5 feet 11 inches. (Source: http://wwf.worldwildlife.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=32901.0)

  • 46769_88_88 Animalia > Pantherinae Pocock, 1917

    Panthera tigris

    Tiger

    Tigers the biggest of all felines. Body size and morphology varies among subspecies of tigers. Siberian tigers, also know as Amur tigers, Panthera tigris altaica, are the largest. Male Siberian tigers can grow to 3.7 meters (12 feet) and weigh over 423 kg; females are up to 2.4 (7.8)meters in length and 168 kg.(Source:http://www.eol.org/data_objects/12556282)

  • 85892_88_88 Rodentia > Caviidae

    Hydrochoeris hydrochaeris

    Capybara

    Capybaras are the largest of rodents, weighing from 35 to 66 kg and standing up to 0.6 meters at the shoulder, with a length of about 1.2 meters. Females are slightly larger than males. (Source: http://www.eol.org/data_objects/12546922)

  • 19606_88_88 Animalia > Elephantidae

    Loxodonta africana

    African bush elephant

    The African Bush Elephant is the worlds largest land mammal and the second tallest animal. They have humungous ears, about four feet (120-125 cm) across. The trunk usually measures about five feet long (about 150 cm) and weighs around 300 pounds (about 135 kg). (Source: http://www.eol.org/data_objects/12550049)