2006-06-26 05:00:53 · 33 answers · asked by kakarot809 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Largest Land Mammal
Largest mammal on land is the male African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) standing on average 3-3.7 m (9-12 ft) high at the shoulder and weighing 4-7 tonnes. The largest specimen ever recorded was shot in Mucusso, Angola, on November 7, 1974. Lying on its side, this elephant measured 4.16 m (13 ft 8 in) in a projected line from the highest point of the shoulder to the base of the forefoot, indicating a standing height of about 3.96 m (13 ft). Its weight was worked out to be 12.24 tonnes.
2006-06-26 05:09:56 · answer #1 · answered by Manis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baluchitherium is the biggest mammal on land ever...
Baluchitherium (now called Indricotherium) is a large, extinct, hornless rhinoceros. It was 8m long and 5m high (at the hips) - perhaps the largest land mammal that ever lived.
while African Elephant is the biggest mammal on land today.
2006-06-26 05:11:49 · answer #2 · answered by jay-z 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Savanna Elephant, the largest of all the elephants. In fact, it is the largest land mammal in the world, standing up to 13 feet (4 m)
2006-06-26 06:32:20 · answer #3 · answered by Handsome 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
African elephants are the biggest living land mammals.
Baluchitherium were the largest known land mammals ever.
2006-06-26 05:09:10 · answer #4 · answered by corvis_9 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Elephant
2006-06-26 05:02:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Africian Elephant.
2006-06-26 05:03:12 · answer #6 · answered by bildymooner 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would have to be the african elephant. A large bull would have to be the largest extant terrestrial animal on earth at the moment
2006-07-03 03:16:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An elephant
2006-06-26 05:04:18 · answer #8 · answered by leonard_leroy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
African Bush Elephant
2006-06-26 05:06:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Blue Whale that's washed up onshore!
Or an elephant, if you can't find the whale.
2006-06-26 05:04:51 · answer #10 · answered by Vanessa B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋