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The heaviest land mammal is the African bush elephant, which has a weight of up to 10.1 t (11.1 short tons).It measures 10–13 ft at the shoulder and consumes around 230 kg (500 lb) of vegetation a day.
The African bush elephant, also known as the Savanna elephant is one of three members of the family Elephantidae, in which it is the largest member. [7] It is native to a large part of sub-Saharan Africa, [8] and is characterized by its large size, huge ears, long trunk with two finger-like processes and large ivory tusks. [9]: 124 [10]
The largest dinosaurs, and the largest animals to ever live on land, were the plant-eating, long-necked Sauropoda. The tallest and heaviest sauropod known from a complete skeleton is a specimen of an immature Giraffatitan discovered in Tanzania between 1907 and 1912, now mounted in the Museum für Naturkunde of Berlin. It is 12–13.27 m (39.4 ...
The largest living land animal, the African bush elephant, is a herbivore. This is a list of herbivorous animals, organized in a roughly taxonomic manner. In general, entries consist of animal species known with good certainty to be overwhelmingly herbivorous, as well as genera and families which contain a preponderance of such species.
Category: Lists of largest animals. ... List of heaviest land mammals; ... This page was last edited on 23 April 2021, at 20:48 (UTC).
Rank Common name Scientific name Family Image Average mass (kg) Maximum mass (kg) Average length (m) Maximum length (m) Shoulder height (m) Native range
The largest of these animals were Paraceratheriidae and Proboscidea. [20] Other taxa included Brontotheriidae. [21] The Sirenia, aquatic megaherbivores, such as Dugongidae, Protosirenidae, and Prorastomidae were present in the Eocene. [22] Megaherbivores inhabited every major landmass in the Cenozoic and Pleistocene before the arrival of humans ...
It is the largest living terrestrial animal, with fully grown bulls reaching an average shoulder height of 3.04–3.36 metres (10.0–11.0 ft) and a body mass of 5.2–6.9 tonnes (11,000–15,000 lb); the largest recorded specimen had a shoulder height of 3.96 metres (13.0 ft) and an estimated body mass of 10.4 tonnes (23,000 lb).