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What is the largest land animal in the world?


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Animals:

  1. Animals can be defined as multicellular eukaryotic creatures that are grouped under the kingdom of Animalia.
  2. There are a diverse group of organisms that are observed on land, water, and air.
  3. Every animal differs from others in terms of its size, color, height, and weight.

African Elephant:

  1. The largest land animal on earth currently is the African elephant.
  2. There have been animals far greater than an African Elephant in the 4 billion-year history of Earth, one of those is called Argentinosaurs.
  3. These are the world's biggest land creatures ever, that lived in what is now South America.
  4. Argentinosaurs weighed a massive 88 metric tonnes, according to fossil evidence.
  5. That is almost equal to more than 30 African elephants in weight.
  6. An African elephant weighs around 8500 kg and 6.6mt in length.

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