1.

Commonest animal

Homo sapiens (man)

2.

Fastest animal

Cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus (112 km/hr) (found in Africa,

Middle East, W. Asia)

3.

Fastest dog

Pertain grey Hound

4.

Highest Mammal

Yak (found in Tibet and China) climbs to 6000 m to feed.

5.

Highest sound (Among Land animals)

Howler monkey (South America; the sound will reach 16

km away)

6.

Largest and heaviest brain

Sperm Whale (around 9 kg)

7.

Largest and heaviest mammal

Blue whale (Average length 30.5 m). Largest ever

recorded 33.58 m. Pregnant female may weigh 203 tones

8.

Largest animal

Blue whale (113 ft)

9.

Largest ape

Gorilla (Africa)

10.

Largest bat

Kalong bat

11.

Largest breed of dog

St. Bernard (130 kg)

12.

Largest carnivorous mammal

Kodiak beer (Alaska)

13.

Largest eyeball (among animals)

Horse

14.

Largest heart (among animals)

Giraffe

15.

Largest land animal

African elephant

16.

Largest monkey

Pygmy marmoset

17.

Largest primate

Gorilla

18.

Largest RBC in mammal

Elephant (94 )

19.

Largest snoring animal

Blue whale

20.

Longest ear (among animals)

African elephant

21.

Longest gestation period

Asian Elephant (Elephas maxima)

22.

Longest horns

Wild Asian Water buffalo (4.24 metres from tip to tip)

23.

Longest jumping animal

Kangaroo

24.

Longest neck (on land)

Giraffe

25.

Longest oesophagus

Giraffe

26.

Longest tail (on land)

Giraffe

27.

Lowest blood pressure

Spiny ant eater (Tachyglossus)

28.

Maximum number of teeth

Opossum (50 teeth)

29.

Maximum number of teeth in a placental

Horse (44 teeth)

mammal)
30.

Monkey having largest nose

31.

Most Food Consumed (Animal eating maximum

Proboscis monkey
Pygmy shrew

food as compared to body size)

32.

Most intelligent ape

Chimpanzee

33.

Most primitive Hominoid

Homo habilis

34.

Most primitive mammal

Echidna and Duck-billed platypus

35.

Most primitive primate

Lemur

36.

Organism having largest number of names

Puma (American lion)

37.

Rarest animal

Dosogale fontoynonti (Hedge hog) of East Madagascar

A species of tenrec from Madagascar is only known from
a single specimen.

38.

Second most intelligent mammal

Dolphin

39.

Shortest gestation period

American opossum (Diedelphis marsupials)

40.

Slowest mammal

Three-toed sloth (found in South America) covers about 5

m a minute in trees, and only 2 m a minute on the ground.

41.

Smallest ape

Gibbon

42.

Smallest cow

Vetchoor cow

43.

Smallest deer in Asia

Chou singa (4 horns)

44.

Smallest dog

Chihuahua

45.

Smallest eyeball (among animals)

Monkey

46.

Smallest heart

Lion

47.

Smallest Land Mammal

48.

Smallest mammal

49.

Smallest mammal

50.

Smallest Marine Mammal

51.

Smallest primate

52.

Smallest RBC

Tragulus (Mouse deer- 2.5 micro m)

53.

Smallest ruminant mammal

Mouse deer of Africa (Chevrotain, 1 ft high)

54.

Strongest jaw (Among animals)

Hyena

55.

Tallest animal

Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) (Africa)

Kitti's hog-nosed Bat (Found in Thailand). Wing span 16

cm. weight 1.75 to 2 g
Water shrew (Pygmy shrew)
Kitis hog nosed bat (recently discovered smallest
1
mammal- 1 /2 g
The vulnerable Kitti's Hog-nosed Bat (bumblebee bat;
Craseonycteris thonglongyai) from Thailand and Myanmar
(3040 mm in length and 1.5 to 2 g in weight).
Smallest mammal by mass: The Etruscan Shrew (it
exceeds the Bumblebee Bat in skull size). Smallest
mammal that ever lived: The shrew-like Batodonoides
vanhouteni, weighed only 1.3 g.
Probably Heaviside's dolphin (Found in South Atlantic).
Length 1.22 m. Weight 41 kg
Madame Berthe's Mouse Lemur (Microcebus berthae),
found in Madagascar, with an average body length is 92
mm (3.6 in)