What Is The Largest Land Animal In Africa

The heaviest country mammal is the African bush-league elephant, which has a weight of upward to x.ane tonnes (eleven.1 short tons). It measures ten–13 ft at the shoulder and consumes around 230 kilograms (500 lb) of vegetation a day. Its tusks have been known to reach two.7 m (9 ft) in length, although in modern populations they are most commonly recorded at a length of 0.vi–0.ix metres (2.0–three.0 ft).^[one] The boilerplate walking speed of an elephant is vii.2 km/h (4.v mph), but they can run at recorded speeds of upwards to 24 km/h (fifteen mph).^[2]

Heaviest extant country mammals [edit]

Rank	Name	Image	Family	Taxonomy Classification	Mass[Notation ane]
one	African bush-league elephant		Elephantidae	Loxodonta africana	five,200–eight,000 kg (xi,500–17,600 lb)[three]
2	Asian elephant		Elephantidae	Elephas maximus: E. m. indicus, Eastward. thou. maximus, Due east. m. sumatranus, Eastward. chiliad. borneensis	2,400–5,000 kg (five,300–xi,000 lb)[3]
three	African forest elephant		Elephantidae	Loxodonta cyclotis	1,700–4,000 kg (3,700–8,800 lb)[4]
4	White rhinoceros		Rhinocerotidae	Ceratotherium simum: Ceratotherium simum cottoni, C. s. simum	three,000–three,600 kg (6,600–7,900 lb)[five]
5	Indian rhinoceros		Rhinocerotidae	Rhino unicornis	2,070–3,000 kg (4,560–half-dozen,610 lb)[6]
6	Hippopotamus		Hippopotamidae	Hippopotamus amphibius: H. a. amphibius, H. a. kiboko, H. a. capensis, H. a. tschadensis, H. a. constrictus	1,210–three,000 kg (two,670–half-dozen,610 lb)[vii]
7	Blackness rhinoceros		Rhinocerotidae	Diceros bicornis: D. b. small, D. b. michaeli, D. b. longipes	850–2,896 kg (1,874–half dozen,385 lb)[8]
eight	Javan rhinoceros		Rhinocerotidae	Rhino sondaicus	900–two,300 kg (2,000–5,100 lb)[ix]
ix	Gaur		Bovidae	Bos gaurus: B. thou. gaurus, B. g. readei, B. thou. hubbacki	440–1,500 kg (970–3,310 lb)[10]
ten	Giraffe		Giraffidae	Giraffa camelopardalis: One thousand. c. camelopardalis, G. c. reticulata, G. c. angolensis, 1000. c. antiquorum, Thousand. c. tippelskirchi, One thousand. c. rothschildi, M. c. giraffa, G. c. thornicrofti, G. c. peralta	700–i,400 kg (i,500–iii,100 lb)[xi]
11	Wild water buffalo		Bovidae	Bubalus arnee [Notation 2]	600–1,200 kg (1,300–ii,600 lb)[thirteen] [12]
12	Bison		Bovidae	Bison bison: B. b. athabascae, B. b. bison	540–one,400 kg (one,190–3,090 lb)[14]
13	Wild yak		Bovidae	Bos mutus	500–1,200 kg (1,100–2,600 lb)[15]
14	Sumatran rhinoceros		Rhinocerotidae	Dicerorhinus sumatrensis	500–1,000 kg (1,100–2,200 lb)[16]
15	Gayal		Bovidae	Bos frontalis	650–1,000 kg (1,430–2,200 lb)[17]
xvi	Kouprey		Bovidae	Bos sauveli	680–910 kg (1,500–2,010 lb)[xviii] [19]
17	Banteng		Bovidae	Bos javanicus: B. j. javanicus, B. j. lowi, B. j. birmanicus	590–900 kg (i,300–i,980 lb)[20]
18	Yak		Bovidae	Bos grunniens	300–1,000 kg (660–2,200 lb)[21]
19	Giant eland		Bovidae	Taurotragus derbianus: T. d. derbianus, T. d. gigas	400–ane,200 kg (880–ii,650 lb)[22]
20	African buffalo		Bovidae	Syncerus caffer: S. c. caffer, S. c. nanus, S. c. brachyceros, Southward. c. mathewsi, Due south. c. aequinoctialis	300–870 kg (660–1,920 lb)[23] [24]
21	Eland		Bovidae	Taurotragus oryx: T. o. livingstonii, T. o. oryx, T. o. pattersonianus	400–one,000 kg (880–2,200 lb)[25] [26]
22	Wisent		Bovidae	Bison bonasus	500–1,000 kg (1,100–two,200 lb)[27] [xix]
23	Bactrian camel		Camelidae	Camelus bactrianus, Camelus ferus	300–1,000 kg (660–ii,200 lb)[28] [29]
24	Water buffalo		Bovidae	Bubalus bubalis	300–1,100 kg (660–ii,430 lb)[ citation needed ]
25	Dromedary		Camelidae	Camelus dromedarius	400–ane,000 kg (880–2,200 lb)[30]
26	Cattle		Bovidae	Bos taurus, Bos indicus, Bos primigenius	200–ane,700 kg (440–3,750 lb)[31] [32]
27	Moose		Cervidae	Alces alces: A. a. alces, A. a. pfizenmayeri, A. a. cameloides, A. a. buturlini, A. a. americana, A. a. andersoni, A. a. gigas, A. a. shirasi	200–820 kg (440–1,810 lb)[33] [34] [35]
28	Polar bear		Ursidae	Ursus maritimus	300–ane,000 kg (660–2,200 lb)[36] [37] [38]
29	Chocolate-brown bear		Ursidae	Ursus arctos: U. a. arctos, U. a. collaris, U. a. beringianus, U. a. isabellinus, U. a. gobiensis, U. a. lasiotus, Ursus arctos marsicanus, U. a. syriacus, U. a. pruinosus, U. a. horribilis, U. a. gyas,U. a. middendorffi, U. a. sitkensis, U. a. stikeenensis, U. a. nelsoni, U. a. crowtheri	150–ane,000 kg (330–2,200 lb)[39] [forty] [41] [42]
30	Elk		Cervidae	Cervus canadensis: C. c. alashanicus, C. c. kansuensis, C. c. macneilli, C. c. manitobensis, C. c. nannodes, C. c. nelsoni, C. c. roosevelti, C. c. xanthopygus, C. c. sibiricus, C. c. songaricus, C. c. wallichii	170–600 kg (370–i,320 lb)[43] [44]

Notes [edit]

1. ^ Entries are ordered by the median or mean body mass (in that guild of preference), if available, or otherwise past the geometric mean of the body mass range limits.
2. ^ The domestic h2o buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) likewise occurs as feral populations, sometimes in sympatry with Bubalus arnee.^[12]

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