top 10 largest mammals in the world

tittle:TOP TEN LARGEST MAMMALS IN THE WORLD

 The mammals listed here are the biggest and the bulkiest of their kind that inhabit our planet today. They include a surprisingly diverse cast of creatures—the cumbersome southern elephant seal, the majestic blue whale, the bounding European hare, the blunt-nosed capybara, the massive African elephant, and the wide-jawed hippopotamus to name a select few. Here you'll find the facts and figures that place these mammals at the top of their clade when it comes to size and stature.

Computer illustration of a blue whale. Illustration © Sc

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Largest Cetacean

Largest Proboscid

Southern elephant seal. Photo © Doug Steakley / Getty Images.

Largest Carnivore

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Largest Artiodactyl

Find out more: Hippopotamus profile

Largest Perissodactyl

Largest Sirenian

Largest Primate

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Largest Marsupial

Largest Rodent

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Largest Lagomorph