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Indian Elephant taking a bath, IndiaTop 10 List:

The World's Heaviest Animals

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To be technically correct, the top 10 animals of this list should be all whales, as there are a lot of different whale species which would all be heavier than the African Elephant. Just to make this list more varied, they have not been included.

 

 

Animal

weight (kg)

weight (lb)

1.

Blue Whale

190000

418878

2.

African Elephant

5000

11023

3.

Indian Elephant

4000

8818

4.

White rhinoceros

2200

4850

5.

Hippopotamus

2000

4409

6.

Giraffe

1200

2646

7.

Crocodile

1100

2425

8.

Asian gaur

900

1984

=9.

Bison

800

1764

=9.

Kodiak bear

800

1764

=9.

Yak

800

1764

=9.

Giant Eland

800

1764

=9.

Alaskan Moose

800

1764