5 Most Serious Land Animals in the World.

5 Most Serious Land Animals in the World.

His body became the largest land animal for its size. But not as big as his body, its existence increasingly endangered due to poaching and human-made phenomena of the natural ecosystem changes. Here are the heaviest land animal on earth now.

1. African elephants

 (The average weight of 8260 kg, the maximum weight of 12,050 Kg)
African elephants are the species of the genus Loxodonta. One of two surviving genus in Elephantidae. Loxodonta fossils are found only in Africa, where they breed from mid-Pliocene. African elephants are larger than Asian elephants among the largest in the world, weighing 6,000 kg. African elephants can be found in the South East and West Africa.

2. Asian elephants

(The average weight of 3910 kg, the maximum weight of 4900 Kg)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), sometimes known by the name of one subspecies, Indian Elephant, is one of the three living species of elephant, and is the only species of the genus Elephas elephants are still alive. This animal is The greatest land animal in Asia. This species is found in India, Sri Lanka, Burma and Nepal as well as the majority Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, China, Bhutan, and Sumatra. Asian elephants are endangered species due to dwindling habitat and poaching, [3] the population of elephants remaining in the wild between 41.410 to 52.345. [2] Asian elephants tend to live longer, with the oldest known age was 86 years.


3. Hippopotamus

(The average weight of 2340 kg, the maximum weight of 4400 Kg)
Hippopotamus has a great body and weight, as well as dark gray skin. They also have large tusks that they use to defend themselves from predators. Memiriki hippopotamus hallmark great body, mouth and teeth are very large, four short legs and fat, and almost hairless body. Adult hippos weigh 1.5 to 3 tons. Although large-bodied and short-legged, hippo able to run fast. For short distances, they can run as fast as 30 km / h, faster than the speed of human running at large. Hippos have an aggressive temperament and is considered one of the most dangerous animals in Africa.

4. White rhinos

(The average weight of 2230 kg, the maximum weight of 3540 Kg)
White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is one of the five species of rhinoceros that still exist and one of the few megafauna species left. This animal is a large land animals that still exist in the world after the elephant, along with the Indian rhinoceros and hippopotamus. Wide mouth used for grazing and became the most sociable species of rhinoceros. White rhinos are the most common of all rhinos and rhino has two subspecies, the northern subspecies is more rare than the south. Known northern subspecies of the remaining 50 animals in the world.

5. Gaur

(The average weight of 1470 kg, the maximum weight of 1995 Kg)
Gaur also called Indian bison, is a case of bovine animals that live in South and Southeast Asia. This species in the list of protected animals. Recent decades gaur population decreased more than 70%. Gaur larger than the African buffalo and wild buffalo.


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