MAMMALS
| Largest and Heaviest |
Blue Whale
Average length 30.5 m Largest ever recorded 33.58 m Pregnant female may weigh 203 tones |
| Smallest Land Mammal |
Kitti's hog-nosed Bat (Found in
Thailand)2
Wing span 16 cm weight 1.75 to 2 g |
| Smallest Marine Mammal |
Probably Heaviside's dolphin (Found in South
Atlantic)
Length 1.22 m Weight 41 kg |
| Rarest Mammal Rarest Mammal |
Aspecies of tenrec from Madagascar is only known
from a single specimen.
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| Fastest Mammal |
Cheetah (found in Africa, Middle East, W. Asia)
can run at 100 kph over short distances.
Pronhorn antelope (Found in USA) Can run at 60 kph over long distances. |
| Slowest Mammal |
Three-toedsloth (found in South America) covers
about 5 m a minute in trees, and only 2 m aminute on the ground.
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| Highest Mammal |
Yak (found in Tibet and China) climbs to 6000 m
to feed.
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