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TOP 5 Largest Animals on Earth

The heaviest living animals are all cetaceans, and thus also the largest living mammals. Since no scale can accommodate the whole body of a large whale, most whales have been weighed by parts.


5.Sperm Whale






Average mass /tonnes/        31.25

Maximum mass /tonnes/          57

Average total length /m/           13.25









4.Bowhead whale



 

 

Average mass /tonnes/        54.5

Maximum mass /tonnes/          120

 
Average total length /m/           25



3.Fin whale





Average mass /tonnes/        57

Maximum mass /tonnes/          120


Average total length /m/           20










2.North Pacific Right Whale




 

Average mass /tonnes/        60

Maximum mass /tonnes/          120


Average total length /m/           15.5







1.Blue whale


Average mass /tonnes/        110

Maximum mass /tonnes/     190


Average total length /m/      24




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