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Tiger by Adolphe Philippe Millot (Nouveau Larousse illustré, c. 1900). This is a list of large carnivores known to prey on humans.. The order Carnivora consists of numerous mammal species specialized in eating flesh.
With a length of around 2 m (6 ft 7 in) it was one of the biggest predators of Mallorca during the Early Pliocene. [274] The largest known blind snake is Boipeba tayasuensis with estimated total length of 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in). [275] The largest known land lizard is probably megalania (Varanus priscus) at 7 m (23 ft) in length. [276]
The African bush elephant (foreground), Earth's largest extant land animal, and the Masai ostrich (background), one of Earth's largest extant birds. In zoology, megafauna (from Greek μέγας megas "large" and Neo-Latin fauna "animal life") are large animals. The precise definition of the term varies widely, though a common threshold is ...
The lion is the world's second-largest big cat and serves as an apex land predator in Africa. [1] [2] The saltwater crocodile is the largest living reptile and the dominant predator throughout its range. [3] [4] The great white shark (bottom) is one of the top marine predators; however, the orca (top) is known to prey upon them. Thus, great ...
“Every creature, from the tiniest insect to the largest predator, plays a role in sustaining ecosystems. ... A Greenland shark alive today could have been swimming the oceans as far back as the ...
The largest land mammal extant today is the African bush elephant. The largest extinct land mammal known was long considered to be Paraceratherium orgosensis, a rhinoceros relative thought to have stood up to 4.8 m (15.7 ft) tall, measured over 7.4 m (24.3 ft) long and may have weighed about 17 tonnes.
Fossils of a large carnivorous dinosaur that was a top predator about 115 million years ago have been unearthed in Thailand -- a brute that was among the early members of an impressive group of ...