The Blue whale, (also called Sibbald’s rorqual).
Largest living animal and mammal
The African bush elephant, (average adult height of 3 to 3.7 m. weighs between 4 and 7 tons).
Smallest land mammal
The Kitti’s hog-nosed bat or bumblebee bat.
Smallest marine mammal
The smallest (in terms of weight) is Commerson’s dolphin also known as Lee Jacobite (weight varies from 23 kilograms to 35 kilograms).
Longest lived land mammal
The Asiatic elephant. Longest lived marine mammal Bowhead whale.
Fastest land animal
The cheetah or hunting leopard, speed up to 100 km/h (62 mi/h). Fastest marine mamma-1 Bull killer whale.
Longest mammalian gestation period
Asiatic elephant.
Shortest mammalian gestation period
The American opossum also called the Virginian opossum.
Tallest animal
The male Giraffe. Slowest land mammal the ai or three-toed Sloth Tropical South America:
Largest bird
Ostrich of North Africa.
Heaviest flying bird
Kori bustard or Paauw of north-east and southern Africa.
Smallest bird
Male bee hummingbird of Cuba.
Fastest land bird
Ostrich.
Fastest flying bird
The peregrine falcon. Slowest flying bird The American woodcock.
Longest-lived bird
The greatest irrefutable age is over 80 years cockatoo named ‘cocky’.
Most abundant bird
The red-billed quelea of Africa.
Largest and the smallest egg
Ostrich’s egg is the largest and vervain hummingbird of Jamaica lays the smallest egg.
Largest fish
Whale Shark.
Smallest genome
Mycoplasma genitalium, 580,000 base pairs.
Largest bacteria
Thiomargarita namibiensis, 0.75 mm.
Largest number of genes
Streptomyces coelicolor.
Smallest genome
Mycoplasma genitalium, 580,000 base pairs.
Largest plant
General Sherman tree
Largest seed
Coco de Mer.
Oldest plants
Bristlecone pine, Methuselah, 4,700 years.
Richest man
Mr Bill Gates, Chairman and co-founder of Microsoft Corporation of USA.
Most billionaires
USA (with 108).
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