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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 (Loxodonta africana) is the largest living land animal. A native of various open habitats in sub-Saharan Africa, males weigh about 6.0 tonnes (13,200 lb) on average. [14] The largest elephant ever recorded was shot in Angola in 1974. It was a male measuring 10.67 metres (35.0 ft) from trunk to tail and 4.17 metres (13. ...
The largest living land carnivoran, on average, is the polar bear (Ursus maritimus). It can reach a shoulder height of over 1.6 m (5.2 ft) and total length of as much as 3.1 m (10 ft). The heaviest wild polar bear weight recorded was 1,002 kg (2,209 lb).
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] They are native to a large part of sub-Saharan Africa, [8] and are characterized by their large size, huge ears, long trunk with two finger-like processes and large ivory tusks. [9]: 124 [10]
Image credits: an1malpulse #5. Animal campaigners are calling for a ban on the public sale of fireworks after a baby red panda was thought to have died from stress related to the noise.
The African bush elephant (foreground), Earth's largest extant land animal, and the Masai ostrich (background), one of Earth's largest extant birds. In zoology, megafauna (from Greek μέγας megas "large" and Neo-Latin fauna "animal life") are large animals. The precise definition of the term varies widely, though a common threshold is ...
Mills, Gus; Hofer, Heribert (1998). Hyaenas: status survey and conservation action plan (PDF).IUCN/SSC Hyena Specialist Group. ISBN 978-2-8317-0442-5.Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 May 2013
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