VIDEO: These Are the Biggest Animals in the 21st Century!
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The largest organisms found on Earth can be determined according to various aspects of an organism’s size, such as: mass, volume, area, length, height, or even genome size. Some organisms group together to form a superorganism (such as ants or bees), but such are not classed as single large organisms. The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest structure composed of living entities, stretching 2,000 km (1,200 mi), but contains many organisms of many types of species.
This article lists the largest species for various types of organisms, and mostly considers extant species. The organism sizes listed are frequently considered “outsized” and are not in the normal size range for the respective group. If considered singular entities, the largest organisms are clonal colonies which can spread over large areas.
Pando, a clonal colony of the aspen tree, is widely considered to be the largest such organism by mass. Even if such colonies are excluded, trees retain their dominance of this listing, with the giant sequoia being the most massive tree.
Among animals, the largest species are all marine mammals, specifically whales. The blue whale is believed to be the largest animal to have ever lived. The largest land animal classification is also dominated by mammals, with the African bush elephant being the most massive of these.
Gigantic animals are incredible sights to behold, some so shockingly large that they defy not only our expectations, but stretch our wildest imagination.
Also, here are some fun facts from Wikipedia about the biggest species in the world.
The largest extant wild species of rabbits may be the European hare, native to western and central Eurasia. This lagomorph can range up to 7 kg (15 lb) in weight and 0.85 m (2.8 ft) in total length.
The largest extant monotreme (egg-bearing mammal) is the western long-beaked echidna weighing up to 16.5 kg (36 lb) and measuring 1 m (3.3 ft) long.
The largest living rodent is the capybara, native to most of the tropical and temperate parts of South America east of the Andes, always near water. Full-grown capybaras can reach 1.5 m (4.9 ft) long and 0.9 m (3.0 ft) tall at the shoulder and a maximum weight of 105.4 kg (232 lb).
The largest hedgehogs is the greater moonrat, native to the rainforests of the Malaysian Peninsula as well as Sumatra and Borneo. The maximum size of this species is over 2 kg (4.4 lb) and 60 cm (24 in).
The largest bat species is the giant golden-crowned flying fox (Acerodon jubatus), an endangered fruit bat from the rainforests of the Philippines that is part of the megabat family. The maximum size of this species is 1.5 kg (3.3 lb), 55 cm (22 in) a length, and a wingspan that may be almost 1.8 m (5.9 ft).
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