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Animal Land Mammal
Reptile Bird
Amphibian Spider Biggest
Crustacean Biggest Butterfly Mammal Bumblebee or Kitti's
Hog-nosed Bat (Craseonycteris
thonglongyai) Lizard
Primate
Amphibian
Spider Bird
Fish Dwarf Pygmy Goby
(Pandaka pygmaea) is the shortest and lightest freshwater fish.
It Tallest
Mammal Longest
Snake
Shortest
SnakesThread Snake
(Leptotyphlops bilineata) &
Brahminy Blindsnake (Ramphotyplops braminus) both have a maximum length of 4.25" making them the shortest snakes in the world. Living Creature Land Mammal M
Bird of Prey
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African
Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana africana) is the biggest of
the land mammals. The largest specimen on record had an estimated
standing height of 13' and is thought to have weighed 12 tons.
North
African Ostrich (Struthia camelus
camelus), the largest living bird. This flightless bird can reach 9'
in height and weight 345 lbs.
Chinese
Giant Salamander (Andrias davidianus)
lives in the mountain streams of northeastern, central and southern
China, and is world's biggest amphibian. The largest specimen on record
was 5' 11" long and weighed 143 lbs.
Taka-ahi-gani
or Giant Spider Crab (Macrocheira
kaempferi) The largest specimen on record weighed in at 41 lbs and
had a claw-span of 12' 2".
Queen
Alexandra's Birdwing (Ornithoptera
alexandrae) of Papua New Guinea is the biggest butterfly in the
world. Females can have a wingspan exceeding 11" and weigh over 0.9
oz.
is the smallest mammal in the world, living in Karichanaburi
Province, Thailand. Its body is no bigger than a large bumblebee, with a
head-and-body length of 1.1-1.3" and a wingspan of 5.1-5.7" It
weighs 0.06-0.07 oz.
British
Virgin Islands is the smallest lizard in the world. Some pregnant
females are only 0.7" long from snout to vent with tails
approximately the same length.
Pygmy
Mouse Lemur (Microcebus myoxinus)
is the smallest primate and lives in western Madagascar. It's
head-and-body length is measured at 2.4" with a tail length of
5.4" and an average weight of 1.08 oz.
Frog
(Eleutherodactylus limbatus), is the smallest known amphibian,
found in Cuba which measures just 0.33-0.47" from snout to vent.
Hummingbirds
(Mellisuga helenae) Living in Cuba and the Isle of Pines, the
male bee hummingbirds (Mellisuga helenae) are just 2.2" long and
weigh 0.056 oz.
vertebrate and is found in the Indo-Pacific region. Its average length
is 0.339" for males and 0.35" for females.
is
a colorless and
nearly transparent species found in the streams and lakes of Luzon in
the Philippines. Males have an average length
of 0.343" and weigh 0.00014-0.00018 oz.
Giraffe
(Giraffa camelopardalis), found in the dry savannah and open
woodland areas of sub-Saharan Africa, is the world's tallest mammal. A
Massai bull (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) named George,
who arrived at Chester Zoo, UK, from Kenya in Jan. 1959 is the tallest
giraffe on record. Standing 19' tall, his horns almost grazed the roof
of the 20' giraffe house by the time he was nine years old.
Reticulated
Python (Python reticulatus) regularly exceeds 20' 6" in
length. The longest specimen on record was found in Celebes, Indonesia
and was more than 32' long.
Abington
Island giant tortoise (Geochelone
elephantopus abingdoni) The world's rarest living creative is the
Abington Island giant tortoise (Geochelone elephantopus abingdoni).
An aged male name Lonesome George is the only remaining representative
of this species. With virtually no hope of discovering another specimen,
this articular subspecies is now effectively extinct.
Javan
Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sandaicus)
is the world's rarest land mammal. Demand for its horns in traditional
Oriental medicines and destruction of its habitats have led to there
being just 60 specimens remaining in Indonesia and Vietnam.
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Mammal
Californian
Condor (Gymnogyps californianus)
With only 61 Californian condors, most of which were bred in captivity,
existing in the wild and about 99 in captivity as of April 2000, this
animal is officially the rarest bird in the world.