MAMMALS |
|
Largest and Heaviest |
Blue Whale
Average length 30.5 m
Largest ever
recorded 33.58 m
Pregnant female may weigh 203 tones |
|
Smallest Land Mammal |
Kitti's hog-nosed Bat (Found in Thailand)2
Wing span 16 cm
weight 1.75 to 2 g |
Smallest Marine Mammal
|
Probably
Heaviside's dolphin (Found in South Atlantic)
Length 1.22 m
Weight 41 kg |
|
Rarest Mammal Rarest Mammal |
Aspecies of tenrec from Madagascar is only
known from a single specimen. |
|
Fastest Mammal |
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 |
Three-toedsloth (found in South America) covers
about 5 m a minute in trees, and only 2 m aminute on the
ground. |
Highest Mammal
|
Yak (found in Tibet and China) climbs to 6000 m to
feed. |
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|
REPTILES |
|
Largest and Heaviest |
Estuarine Crocodile (found in Asia, Australia)
Average length (male) up to 4.3 m
Longest ever recorded
8.23 m |
|
Largest Lizard |
Komodo
dragon (found in Indonesian Island)
length up to
3 m |
|
largest Turtle |
Pacific leatherback turtle
Average length (male)
up to 2.13 m
weight up to 363 kg. |
|
Fastest Amphibian (On Land) |
Six-linedracerunner
(found in USA)
can run at 29 kph |
|
Fastest Amphibian (In Water) |
(In Water)
Pacific Leatherback turtle can swim at 35 kph |
|
Longest Snake |
Reticulated Python (found in India and South-east
Asia)
Average length more than 6 m
Longest ever
recorded 10 m |
|
Most Poisonous Snake |
Sea
Snake (found in North West Australia) |
|
Most Poisonous Land Snake |
Fierce
Snake(found in Australia) has most toxic venom. |
AMPHIBIANS |
|
Largest Amphibian |
Chinese gaintsalamander
Average length 1m
Longest ever recorded 1.52 m
Weight 11 to 13 kg. |
|
Largest Frog |
Goliath Frog (found in Africa)
Length of body
33.5 cm |
|
Largest Toad |
Probably marinetoad (found in South America)
Length 22.9 cm. |
|
Largest Newt |
Ribbed
newt (found in Africa)
Length upto 40 cm
Weight 450 g |
|
Highest Toad |
Common
toad
One found in Himalayas at 8000 m |
|
Most Poisonous |
Kokoiarrow-poison frog (found in South America)
A tiny amount of toxin is enough to kill a man. |
|
Smallest Newt |
Striped newt (found in USA)
length 5.1 cm |
BIRDS |
|
Largest Bird (Flightless) |
North
African Ostrich
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 |
|
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 |
|
Rarest Bird |
Mauritius Kestrel (found in Mauritius)
About 5
are thought to remain. |
|
Fastest Bird |
Spine-tailed swift (found in Russia and Himalayas)
flies at 171 kph |
|
Longest Flight |
Arctic
tern
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. |
FISHES |
|
Largest Fish (Plankton-eating) |
Whale
Shark
Largest ever recorded 18.5 m long. |
|
Largest Fish (Meat Eating) |
Great
white shark (the man-eater)
Average length up to
4.57 m. |
|
Heaviest Bony Fish |
Ocean
sunfish is the heaviest
largest ever recorded
2.28 tonnes. |
|
Longest Bony Fish |
Russian sturgeon or Beluga
Length up to 8 m |
|
Fastest Fish |
Probably
Sailfish
fastest ever recorded 109 kph |
|
Most Poisonous Fish |
Stonefish (foundin Indian and Pacific Oceans)
Poison carried in spines can cause a person's death within a
few hours. |
|
Most Electric |
Electric eel (found in South America)
can
produce 400 to 500 volts. |
INSECTS |
|
Largest Insect |
Goliath beetle (found in Africa)
Weight (male)
100g |
|
Longest Insect |
Tropical stick insect
Length up to 33 cm |
|
Largest locust Swarn |
A
Swarn of desert locusts that crossed the Red Sea in 1889.
Swarn estimated to contain 250,000,000 insects
weighing
about 500,000 tonnes and covering 5,000 sq. km |
|
Largest Butterfly |
Queen Alexandra bird wing (found in Guinea)
Wing
span 28 cm, weight 5 g |
|
Most Dangerous Ant |
Black bulldog ant (found in Australia and Tasmaina)
One bite can kill a man. |
|
Fastest Wing Beat |
A
tiny midge can beat its wings 1000 times a
second. |
