List of largest land carnivorans

This list contains terrestrial members of the order Carnivora with an average reported mass of 160 kilograms (350 lb) or more, all bears and pantherine cats.

Rank Common name Scientific name Family Average
mass (kg)		 Maximum
mass (kg)		 Image Maximum
length
(m)		 Shoulder
height
(m)		 Native range
by continent
1 Polar bearUrsus maritimusUrsidae3601,00231.60North America, Eurasia
2 Brown bearUrsus arctosUrsidae3181,090(in captivity, 751 in the wild, possibly more)31.53North America, Eurasia, formerly Africa
3 TigerPanthera tigrisFelidae227388.78 (disputed)[1][2][3]3.9 [4]1.32Asia
4 Lion Panthera leoFelidae200[2]375 (in the wild;[5][6] disputed)[7]3.91.4Africa, Asia.
5 American black bearUrsus americanusUrsidae1595002.411.10North America
6 Asiatic black bearUrsus thibetanusUrsidae1363632.01.10Asia
7 Spectacled bearTremarctos ornatusUrsidae1362002.01.0South America
8 Sloth bearMelursus ursinusUrsidae1361921.90.9Asia
9 JaguarPanthera oncaFelidae113160[8][9]2.10.9North America, South America
10 Giant pandaAiluropoda melanoleucaUrsidae1131602.01.0Asia

See also

References
  1. Wood, G. L. (1983). The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Sterling Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85112-235-9.
  2. Kitchener, A.; Yamaguchi, N. (2009). "What is a Tiger? Biogeography, Morphology, and Taxonomy". In Tilson, R.; Nyhus, P. J. (eds.). Tigers of the World: The Science, Politics and Conservation of Panthera tigris. Academic Press. pp. 53–84. ISBN 978-0-08-094751-8.
  3. Brakefield, Tom (1993). "Tiger: Phantom stripes". Big Cats: Kingdom of Might. Voyageur Press. p. 32−47. ISBN 978-0-89658-329-0.
  4. Close [23] Mazák, V. (1981). "Panthera tigris" (PDF). Mammalian Species. 152 (152): 1–8. doi:10.2307/3504004. JSTOR 3504004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2012.
  5. Wood, G. L. (1976). The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 978-0-900424-60-1.
  6. Wood, G. L. (1983). The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Sterling Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85112-235-9.
  7. "East African Business Digest", University Press of Africa, with contributions from the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce & Industry, 1963, retrieved 2018-03-18
  8. Nowak, Ronald M. (1999). "Carnivora, Felidae". Walker's Mammals of the World. Vol. 2. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 797–836. ISBN 0-8018-5789-9.
  9. Burnie, David; Wilson, Don E. (2001). Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife. New York City: Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 0-7894-7764-5.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.