Animal Records and Rankings
Leaderboards built from the figures on every animal page: the fastest, heaviest, tallest, longest-lived and most threatened of the 214 animals in the database.
Fastest Animals in the World
1. Peregrine Falcon · 2. Common Swift · 3. Cheetah
Fastest Land Animals
1. Cheetah · 2. Pronghorn · 3. Springbok
Fastest Birds
1. Peregrine Falcon · 2. Common Swift · 3. Atlantic Puffin
Fastest Sea Animals and Fish
1. Orca · 2. Atlantic Bluefin Tuna · 3. Swordfish
Longest-Living Animals
1. Greenland Shark · 2. Bowhead Whale · 3. Ocean Quahog
Shortest-Living Animals
1. Luna Moth · 2. Common Wasp · 3. Yellow Fever Mosquito
Longest-Living Mammals
1. Bowhead Whale · 2. Blue Whale · 3. Humpback Whale
Heaviest Animals in the World
1. Blue Whale · 2. Bowhead Whale · 3. Sperm Whale
Heaviest and Largest Birds
1. Common Ostrich · 2. Emu · 3. Emperor Penguin
Smallest and Lightest Animals
1. Black Garden Ant · 2. Yellow Fever Mosquito · 3. Housefly
Tallest Animals in the World
1. Giraffe · 2. African Elephant · 3. Asian Elephant
Longest Animals in the World
1. Blue Whale · 2. Bowhead Whale · 3. Humpback Whale
Animals With the Longest Gestation Period
1. Asian Elephant · 2. African Elephant · 3. Orca
Animals With the Shortest Gestation Period
1. Hamster · 2. House Mouse · 3. Lined Seahorse
Most Endangered Animals
1. Axolotl · 2. Beluga Sturgeon · 3. Bornean Orangutan