List of largest land carnivorans
Appearance
The following list contains the largest terrestrial members of the order Carnivora, ranked in accordance to their maximum mass.
List
[edit]Rank | Common name | Scientific name | Family | Image | Average mass (kg) |
Maximum mass (kg) |
Average length (m) |
Maximum length (m) |
Shoulder height (m) |
Native range by continent |
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1 | Polar bear | Ursus maritimus | Ursidae | 360-700 | 1,002 | 2.5-3.0 | 3.4 [1] | 1.60 | North America, Eurasia | |
2 | Brown bear | Ursus arctos | Ursidae | 270-635 | 751 (in the wild, possibly more) | 1.5-3.0 | 3.4 [2] | 1.53 | North America, Eurasia, formerly Africa | |
3 | Liger | (Panthera leo x Panthera tigris). | Felidae | 320-550 | 550 | 3-3.6 | 3.6 | N/A | ||
4 | American black bear | Ursus americanus | Ursidae | 159-226 | 409-500[3] | 1.4-2.0 | 2.41[3] | 1.10 | North America | |
5 | Tiger | Panthera tigris | Felidae | 227-300 | 388.78 (disputed)[4][5][6] | 2.5-3.9 | 4.17[7] | 1.32 | Asia | |
6 | Lion | Panthera leo | Felidae | 190-272 | 375 (in the wild;[8][9] disputed)[10] | 2.5-3.3 | 3.9[11] | 1.4 | Africa, Asia. | |
7 | Spectacled bear | Tremarctos ornatus | Ursidae | 100-190 | 220[12] | 1.2-1.9 | 2.0[13] | 1.0 | South America | |
8 | Asiatic black bear | Ursus thibetanus | Ursidae | 90-190 | 200[14] | 1.3-1.9 | 2.0[15] | 1.10 | Asia | |
9 | Sloth bear | Melursus ursinus | Ursidae | 90-140 | 192 | 1.2-1.9 | 2.0 [16] | 0.9 | Asia | |
10 | Jaguar | Panthera onca | Felidae | 100-125 | 160[17][18] | 1.6-2.5 | 2.8 [19] | 0.9 | North America, South America | |
11 | Giant panda | Ailuropoda melanoleuca | Ursidae | 85-120 | 160 | 1.5-1.9 | 2.0 | 1.0 | Asia | |
12 | Cougar | Puma concolor | Felidae | 53.1–71[citation needed] | 105.2 (Verified)[20]
125.2 (Unverified)[21] |
1.5–2.4[22] | 2.8[23] | 53–88[24] | North and South America | |
13 | Leopard | Panthera pardus | Felidae | 30–65.8[25][26] | 108[27] | 1.6–2.3[28] | 2.75[29][30] | 44–78[31] | Africa, Europe and Asia | |
14 | Gray wolf | Canis lupus | Canidae | 14–65[32] | 79[33] 86[34] 103 [35] |
1.4-1.90[36] | 2.13[37]-2.5[38][39] | 97 | North America and Eurasia | |
15 | Spotted hyena | Crocuta crocuta | Hyaenidae | 44.5–63.9 | 81.7-90 | 95–1.6 | 1.79 | 70–91.5[40] | Africa | |
16 | Brown hyena | Parahyaena brunnea | Hyaenidae | 37.7–40.2 | 72.6 | 1.44[41] | 1.70 | 70–80 | Africa | |
17 | Cheetah | Acinonyx jubatus | Felidae | 36.7–54.1[42][43] | 69[44] | 1.5–2.3[45] | 2.5[46][47][48] | 77–94[49] | Africa, Asia | |
18 | Sun bear | Helarctos malayanus | Ursidae | 25-65[50][51][52] | 68.3 | 1.0–1.40 | 1.50 | 70 | Asia | |
19 | Striped hyena | Hyaena hyaena | Hyaenidae | 26-41 | [53]55 | 85–1.30 | 1.50 | 60–80 | Africa, Asia | |
20 | Snow leopard | Panthera uncia | Felidae | 42[54] | 53.8[55] | 1.6–2.1[56] | 2.5[57][58] | 60–66[59] | Asia | |
21 | Red wolf | Canis rufus | Canidae | 23-39 | 40[60] | 1.2-1.65[61] | 1.7 [62] | 80 | North America | |
22 | Eurasian lynx | Lynx lynx | Felidae | 17.4–21.7[citation needed] | 38[63] | 80–1.3[64] | 1.5[65][66] | 60–71[67] | Asia, Europe | |
23 | Eastern wolf | Canis lycaon | Canidae | 23-30 | 36.7[68] | 0.91-1.65[citation needed] | 1.8[69] | 70 | North America | |
24 | Maned wolf | Chrysocyon brachyurus | Canidae | 20-30 | 36[70] | 1.5-1.8 [71][72] | 1.9 [73] | 107 | South America | |
25 | African wild dog | Lycaon pictus | Canidae | 20-30[74] | 36[75] | 1.10-1.40[76] | 1.5 [77] | 75 | Africa | |
26 | Coyote | Canis latrans | Canidae | 8-20 | 33.91[78] | 1.0-1.3[79] | 1.5 [80] | 70 | North America | |
27 | Wolverine | Gulo gulo | Mustelidae | 7-27,5 | 32[81][82][83][84][85] | 65-1.09 | 1.10 | 36-45 | North America, Eurasia | |
28 | European badger | Meles meles | Mustelidae | 6–7.95 | 27.2 | 1.10 | 25–30 | Eurasia | ||
29 | Bobcat | Lynx rufus | Felidae | 6.4–18.3 | 22.2 (Verified)[86] 27 (Unverified)[87] | 47.5–1.25 | 1.30 | 30–60 | North America | |
30 | Clouded leopard | Neofelis nebulosa(diardi)? | Felidae | 16–23[88] | 26[88] | 1.2–1.6[89] | 1.9[90] | 46–56[91] | Asia | |
31 | Dhole | Cuon alpinus | Canidae | 10-21 | 25 | 0.9-1.3 [92] | 1.45 [93] | 56 | Asia | |
32 | Ethiopian wolf | Canis simensis | Canidae | 11-19 | 20[94] | 1.1-1.4[95] | 1.45 [96][97] | 62 | Africa | |
33 | Canada lynx | Lynx canadensis | Felidae | 5-17 | 20 | 73-1.07 | 1.20 | 48-56 | North America |
See also
[edit]Wikispecies has information related to Carnivora.
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