World Record – Animal Extreme

The Largest …

Largest Flying Mammals – The Flying Foxes ( family Pteropodidae )

• Live in Southeast Asia.• Length of 45 cm (17.7 in )• Wingspan – 1.7 m ( 5 ft. 7 in ) • Weight – 1.6 kg ( 3.5 lb. )

Largest Bird – The Ostrich

• Live in North African • Height – 2.75 m ( 9 ft. ) • Weight – 156.5 kg ( 345 lb. ) • Also the fastest bird on land – it can run up to

72 mph ( 45 mph ) • It can’t fly

Largest Reptile – the estuarine or salt water crocodile ( crocodylus porosus )

• Live in India• Length – over 7 m ( 23 ft. ) long

Largest Fish – The Whale Shark( Rhincodon typus )

• Plankton – feeding • Found in the warmer areas of the Atlantic ,

Pacific , and Indian Oceans • Length – 12.65 m ( 41 ft. 6 in )

Largest Mammal – The Bloue Whale ( balaenoptera musculus )

• Length – 35 m ( 115 ft. ) • Weight – 130 tones

Largest Insect – Acteon Beetle( Megasoma acteon )

• Found in South America• Length – 3.5 in.• Width – 5.1 cm.• Thickness – 3.8 cm ( 1.5 in )