It appears it would be the African Bush Elephant
Actually all elephants are put into one category when this question is asked, so elephants are the biggest and actually hippos the river horses are the 2nd but the fastest is the cheetah at the speed of 29m per second.
Hippopotamus is the second largest land animal of the earth after African elephant. The word Hippopotamus or Hippo is ancient Greek word which means ?The river horse?. This herbivorous animal found in sub Saharan Africa and adult male animal can be as heavy as 3,000 kg therefore it is considered as the third heaviest animal in the world. The population of this aggressive and ferocious animal is around 125000 to 150000.
Whales are the largest of animals. The 2nd largest animal in the world is the Fin Whale. Fin Whales are 85 feet long and can weigh up to 74 tons.
I would say a clam because on the news it said that they found a clam that was 220 years old-that is -until they killed it. It is the second because the turtle lives up to 300 years.
The largest land based wild animal is the elephant, but the largest animal currently on earth is the Blue Whale.
Far from it. The largest animal in Africa is the elephant.
The Gaur (Indian Bison) Indian Bison or simply gaur is the fourth heaviest and largest animal in land, being compared to the hippo or the rhino, check out on encyclopedia and you will see their size.......................................its only my opinion.
The Blue Whale is the largest animal living on Earth.
The elephant.
The Asian elephant. Only the African species is larger.
The blue whale is the largest animal.
The Fin whale [second to the blue whale] is the second largest animal on our planet.
The elephant is the largest animal in India.
The largest animal on earth is the Blue Whale.
The largest animal in Europe is the Wisent.
There is no continent that is the 2nd smallest but has the 2nd largest population. Europe is the 2nd smallest, but it does not have the 2nd largest population. That title goes to Africa.
The nucleus is the largest organelle in animal cells.
The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet.
Worlds largest animal: Blue Whale
Elephants are the largest land animal.
The largest land animal is an elephant!!