| Blue whale |
1.
Commonest animal
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Homo sapiens (man)
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2.
Fastest animal
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Cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus (112
km/hr) (found in Africa, Middle East, W. Asia)
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3.
Fastest dog
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Pertain grey Hound
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4.
Highest Mammal
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Yak (found in Tibet and China)
climbs to 6000 m to feed.
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5.
Highest sound (Among Land animals)
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Howler monkey (South America; the
sound will reach 16 km away)
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6.
Largest and heaviest brain
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Sperm
Whale (around 9 kg)
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7.
Largest and heaviest mammal
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Blue whale (Average length 30.5 m).
Largest ever recorded 33.58 m. Pregnant female may weigh 203 tones
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8.
Largest animal
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Blue whale (113 ft)
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9.
Largest ape
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Gorilla (Africa)
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10.
Largest bat
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Kalong bat
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11.
Largest breed of dog
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St. Bernard (130 kg)
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12.
Largest carnivorous mammal
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Kodiak beer (Alaska)
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13.
Largest eyeball (among
animals)
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Horse
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14.
Largest heart (among animals)
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Giraffe
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15.
Largest land animal
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African elephant
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16.
Largest monkey
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Pygmy marmoset
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17.
Largest primate
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Gorilla
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18.
Largest RBC in mammal
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Elephant (94 µ)
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19.
Largest snoring animal
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Blue whale
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20.
Longest ear (among animals)
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African elephant
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21.
Longest gestation period
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Asian Elephant (Elephas maxima)
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22.
Longest horns
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Wild Asian Water buffalo (4.24 metres from tip to tip)
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23.
Longest jumping animal
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Kangaroo
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24.
Longest neck (on land)
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Giraffe
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25.
Longest oesophagus
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Giraffe
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26.
Longest tail (on land)
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Giraffe
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27.
Lowest blood pressure
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Spiny ant eater (Tachyglossus)
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28.
Maximum number of teeth
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Opossum (50 teeth)
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29.
Maximum number of teeth in a placental mammal)
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Horse (44 teeth)
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30.
Monkey having largest nose
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Proboscis monkey
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31.
Most Food Consumed (Animal
eating maximum food as compared to body size)
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Pygmy shrew
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32.
Most intelligent ape
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Chimpanzee
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33.
Most primitive Hominoid
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Homo habilis
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34.
Most primitive mammal
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Echidna and Duck-billed platypus
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35.
Most primitive primate
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Lemur
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36.
Organism having largest number of names
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Puma (American lion)
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37.
Rarest animal
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Dosogale fontoynonti (Hedge hog) of
East Madagascar
A species of tenrec from Madagascar
is only known from a single specimen.
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38.
Second most intelligent mammal
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Dolphin
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39.
Shortest gestation period
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American opossum (Diedelphis
marsupials)
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40.
Slowest mammal
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Three-toed sloth (found in South
America) covers about 5 m a minute in trees, and only 2 m a minute on the
ground.
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41.
Smallest ape
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Gibbon
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42.
Smallest cow
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Vetchoor cow
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43.
Smallest deer in Asia
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Chou singa (4 horns)
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44.
Smallest dog
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Chihuahua
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45.
Smallest eyeball (among animals)
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Monkey
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46.
Smallest heart
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Lion
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47.
Smallest Land Mammal
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Kitti's hog-nosed Bat (Found in
Thailand). Wing span 16 cm. weight 1.75 to 2 g
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48.
Smallest mammal
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Water shrew (Pygmy shrew)
Kitis hog nosed bat (recently
discovered smallest mammal- 11/2 g
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49.
Smallest mammal
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The vulnerable Kitti's Hog-nosed Bat
(bumblebee bat; Craseonycteris thonglongyai) from Thailand and Myanmar
(30–40 mm in length and 1.5 to 2 g in weight).
Smallest mammal by mass: The Etruscan
Shrew (it exceeds the Bumblebee Bat in skull size). Smallest mammal that ever
lived: The shrew-like Batodonoides vanhouteni, weighed only 1.3 g.
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50.
Smallest Marine Mammal
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Probably Heaviside's dolphin (Found
in South Atlantic). Length 1.22 m. Weight 41 kg
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51.
Smallest primate
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Madame Berthe's Mouse Lemur
(Microcebus berthae), found in Madagascar, with an average body length is 92
mm (3.6 in)
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52.
Smallest RBC
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Tragulus (Mouse deer- 2.5 micro m)
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53.
Smallest ruminant mammal
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Mouse deer of Africa (Chevrotain, 1
ft high)
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54.
Strongest jaw (Among animals)
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Hyena
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55.
Tallest animal
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Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) (Africa)
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