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Diprotodon is the largest-known marsupial to have ever lived; it greatly exceeds the size of its closest living relatives wombats and koalas. It is a member of the extinct family Diprotodontidae, which includes other large quadrupedal herbivores. It grew to 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) at the shoulders, over 4 m (13 ft) from head to tail, and likely ...
The largest carnivorous marsupials known to ever exist were the Australian marsupial lion (Thylacoleo carnifex) and the South American saber-toothed marsupial (Thylacosmilus) both ranging from 1.5 to 1.8 m (4.9 to 5.9 ft) long and weighing between 100 and 160 kg (220 and 350 lb).
The giant koala was an arboreal marsupial weighing about 13 kg, [3] a little more than modern koalas. It is the largest known tree dwelling marsupial ever to have lived. [citation needed] Scientists say there is a clear similarity between the physical appearance of P. stirtoni and the modern koala. [4]
The Tasmanian devil is the largest surviving carnivorous marsupial. It has a squat, thick build, with a large head and a tail which is about half its body length. Unusually for a marsupial, its forelegs are slightly longer than its hind legs, and devils can run up to 13 km/h (8.1 mph) for short distances.
The largest elephant ever recorded was shot in Angola in 1974. It was a male measuring 10.67 metres (35.0 ft) from trunk to tail and 4.17 metres (13.7 ft) lying on its side in a projected line from the highest point of the shoulder, to the base of the forefoot, indicating a standing shoulder height of 3.96 metres (13.0 ft).
Diprotodon, the largest marsupial to ever exist, was present across the entire Australian continent by the Late Pleistocene. [23] Elsewhere, megaherbivores like glyptodonts were grazing herbivores, that possessed no incisor or canine teeth, but had cheek teeth that would have been able to grind up tough vegetation.
A giant anaconda species captured recently in the Amazon of Ecuador by a team of scientists is the largest to ever be documented, USA TODAY previously reported, and now, there are images showing ...
Redondavenator was the largest Triassic crocodylomorph ever recorded, [374] with a skull of at least 60 cm (2.0 ft) in length. [375] [376] Another huge basal crocodylomorph was Carnufex [374] at 3 m (9.8 ft) long even through that is immature. [377]