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Mills, Gus; Hofer, Heribert (1998). Hyaenas: status survey and conservation action plan (PDF).IUCN/SSC Hyena Specialist Group. ISBN 978-2-8317-0442-5.Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 May 2013
Megalodon is thought to have been the largest macropredatory shark that ever lived. [35] A C. megalodon about 16 meters long would have weighed about 48 metric tons (53 tons). A 17-meter (56-foot) C. megalodon would have weighed about 59 metric tons (65 tons), and a 20.3-meter (67 foot) monster would have topped off at 103 metric tons (114 tons ...
Paraceratherium is one of the largest known land mammals that have ever existed, but its precise size is unclear because of the lack of complete specimens. [4] Its total body length was estimated as 8.7 m (28.5 ft) from front to back by Granger and Gregory in 1936, and 7.4 m (24.3 ft) by the palaeontologist Vera Gromova in 1959, [ 33 ] but the ...
Daeodon and similar in size and morphology Paraentelodon [69] were the largest-known entelodonts that ever lived, at 3.7 m (12 ft) long and 1.77 m (5.8 ft) high at the shoulder. [70] The huge Andrewsarchus from the Eocene of Inner Mongolia had a skull about 83.4 cm (32.8 in) long [71] though the taxonomy of this genus is disputed. [72] [73]
Based on the remains, scientists estimate that Barinasuchus would have been around 20-25 feet long and weighed 3,800 lbs.. For reference, the largest species of crocodile today, the saltwater ...
A normally very elusive predator was spotted prowling through a Southern California town for a week until it struck gold in the form of a makeshift turkey coop behind a private home, officials said.
A pack of grey wolves has been spotted in a popular California national park for the first time in a century. The pack – consisting of one adult male, an adult female, and two cubs – was ...
Since A. magnificens is known to have lived in terrestrial environments, another good point of comparison is the Andean condor, the largest extant flighted land bird both in average wingspan and weight, with the former spanning up to 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in) with an average of around 2.82 m (9 ft 3 in), and the latter reaching a maximum of up to 15 ...