I always thought it was the cheetah however someone recently told me that it was no longer the fastest and another animal took its place.
2007-03-03 01:13:29 · 13 answers · asked by Fred 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Actually the cheetah is not the fastest land animal. Maybe it is the fastest Mammal, but not the fastest animal. The Tiger Beetles (family Carabidae, sub family Cicindellidae) are actually much faster....pound for pound that is.
But if you are talking just overall speed as viewed by us, then yeah the cheetah is the fastest.
2007-03-03 01:36:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The fastest land animal IS cheetah .Nothing has taken the place from it.The cheetah can sprint upto speeds of about 110kmph in short burst.But it gets exhausted after about a minute.Antelopes can run at about 70kmph and keep up the pace for minutes.
2007-03-03 01:31:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe the fastest animak on land is a cheetah
2007-03-03 01:24:19 · answer #3 · answered by J' Taime 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fastest land animal is the cheetah, for short stretches. It can go up to 70mph, or somewhere around that. The second fastest is the pronghorn at 60mph. And even though the cheetah can run faster, the pronghorn can run for AGES.
But if you mean size/speed comparison, the tiger beetles and cockroaches are the fastest, along with a certain lizard I can't remember the name of. Compared to those, the cheetah is slow.
For air, a diving peregrine falcon can reach speeds up to 180mph, perhaps a bit more. They go up, then they fold their wings and go DOWN, really, really, really fast.
2007-03-03 02:52:17 · answer #4 · answered by ? 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The cheetah at 70 miles an hour.Pronghorn antelopeis the second fastest at 61. Compared to our 28 they are pretty fast.
2007-03-03 01:24:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cheetah is the fastest land animal in the world .U can refer encylopedia
2007-03-03 01:21:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're talking about as a species, it's the cheetah, however, the fastest individual animal is Rosie O'Donnell running to the head of the line at a free buffet.
2007-03-03 02:11:10 · answer #7 · answered by Dale K 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The cheetah is and will probably always be the fastest. But, if you are still skeptical, you can look in a 2007 almanac, and i'm sure they have that in there..
2007-03-03 01:22:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was also thinking it was the cheetah. You could "Google" it and may find your answer. If it isn't the cheetah I would be afraid to see what it was!!!!!! Good Luck on finding your answer.
2007-03-03 01:22:56 · answer #9 · answered by puppylove31657 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the cheetah has been clocked running at 84 miles per hour.
2007-03-03 01:17:13 · answer #10 · answered by the_quiet_storm2 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋