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North American beaver: Castor canadensis: Extant: 50 kg (110 lb) 5: Lesser capybara: Hydrochoerus isthmius: Extant: 45.4 kg (100 lb) 6: Eurasian beaver: Castor fiber: Extant: 40 kg (88 lb) 7: Cape porcupine: Hystrix africaeaustralis : Extant: 30 kg (66 lb) 8: Crested porcupine: Hystrix cristata : Extant: 27 kg (60 lb) 9: North American ...
Gastornithids and at least one lineage of flightless paleognath birds originated in Europe, both lineages dominating niches for large herbivores while mammals remained below 45 kilograms (99 lb) (in contrast with other landmasses like North America and Asia, which saw the earlier evolution of larger mammals) and were the largest European ...
Big Five animals of the Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India: Indian rhinoceros, Indian elephant, Bengal tiger, swamp deer and wild water buffalo; Big Five animals of Alaska, United States: bears, moose, reindeer, Dall sheep and wolves; the Big Five fish UK consumers overwhelmingly eat: Atlantic cod, haddock, Atlantic salmon, tuna and prawns.
A recent report from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) listed 234 new species from the Greater Mekong region of Southeast Asia. Some of the animals discovered include the lightweight shrew mole ...
2.3 North America. 2.4 South America. 3 Asia. Toggle Asia subsection. 3.1 Central Asia. 3.2 Eastern Asia. 3.3 Southeastern Asia. 3.4 Southern Asia. 3.5 Western Asia ...
The ‘bucket list’ of big creatures to capture on camera was chosen by more than 50,000 votes from enthusiasts around the world. New ‘Big Five’ animals of wildlife photography revealed ...
The tiger is the largest carnivorous mammal in Asia. [1] [2]The animals living in Asia and its surrounding seas and islands are considered the fauna of Asia.Since there is no natural biogeographic boundary in the west between Europe and Asia, the term "fauna of Asia" is somewhat elusive but it is a geographical name given.
The largest species found along the North America coast is the Pacific red sea urchin (Mesocentrotus franciscanus) where the shell can reach 19 cm (7.5 in). [233] If the spines enter into count, the biggest species may be a Diadematidae like Diadema setosum , with a test up to 10 cm (3.9 in) only, but its spines can reach up to 30 cm (12 in) in ...