Largest Animal By Type and Category

Based on the type of animal given, name the largest species or subspecies of that type.

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Animal Type	Category	Answer
Shark	Length (50+ feet), Weight (40,000+ lbs)	Whale Shark
Crocodile	Length (20+ feet), Weight (2,000+ lbs)	Saltwater Crocodile
Whale	Length (90+ feet), Weight (400,000+ lbs)	Blue Whale
Bird	Length (6+ feet), Weight (300+ lbs)	Common Ostrich
Snake	Length (30+ feet)	Reticulated Python
Snake	Weight (500 lbs)	Green Anaconda
Bear	Length (8+ feet), Weight (2,000+ lbs)	Polar Bear or Kodiak Bear
Tiger	Length (10 feet), Weight (660 lbs)	Siberian Tiger
Insect (Adult)	Weight (0.15+ lbs)	Tree Weta
Insect (Any Stage)	Weight (0.25 lbs)	Goliath Beetle
Insect	Length (1.8+ feet)	Chan's Megastick
Arthropod	Weight (44 lbs)	American Lobster
Arthropod	Length (12+ feet)	Japanese Spider Crab
Wolf	Weight (175 lbs)	Northwestern Wolf
Bony Fish	Length (25+ feet)	Giant Oarfish
Bony Fish	Weight (4,000+ lbs)	Ocean Sunfish
Bovine	Weight (3,000+ lbs)	Gaur
Elephant	Weight (24,000 lbs), Height (13 feet)	African Bush Elephant
Rhinoceros	Weight (4,000+ lbs), Length (12+ feet), Height (5+ feet)	White Rhinoceros
Flying Bird	Wingspan (12 feet)	Wandering Albatross
Flying Bird	Weight (40+ lbs)	Great Bustard
Primate	Weight (400+ lbs)	Eastern Lowland Gorilla
Primate	Height (7+ feet)	Human
Bat	Weight (3.5 lbs)	Great Flying Fox or Indian Flying Fox
Horse	Weight (2,400+ lbs), Height (5.5+ feet)	Shire
Cattle	Weight (3,200+ lbs)	Chianina
Freshwater Fish	Weight (3,000+ lbs), Length (15+ feet)	Beluga Sturgeon
Tortoise	Weight (900+ lbs)	Galapagos Giant Tortoise
Spider	Length (0.8+ feet), Weight (0.3+ lbs)	Goliath Bird-Eater
Tuna	Length (13 feet), Weight (1,000+ lbs)	Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
Bird of Prey	Wingspan (11 feet)	Andean Condor
Antelope	Weight (1,400+ lbs)	Giant Eland
Fox	Weight (30+ lbs), Length (2.5+ feet)	Red Fox
Venomous Snake	Length (12+ feet)	King Cobra
Land Snail	Weight (2 lbs)	Giant African Land Snail
Swan	Wingspan (8+ feet), Weight (30 lbs)	Trumpeter Swan
Frog	Weight (5+ lbs)	Goliath Frog
Penguin	Height (4+ feet), Weight (50 lbs)	Emperor Penguin
Fish in the Amazon	Length (10 feet), Weight (400+ lbs)	Pirarucu
Mustelid	Length (3.5+ feet), Weight (45+ lbs)	Wolverine
Owl	Weight (10 lbs), Wingspan (6+ feet)	Blakiston's Fish Owl
Lemur	Weight (10 lbs), Height (3 feet)	Indri
Jellyfish	Length (100+ feet)	Lion's Mane Jellyfish
Kangaroo	Height (5.9+ feet), Weight (150+ lbs)	Red Kangaroo
Scorpion	Length (0.35+ feet)	Giant Forest Scorpion
Centipede	Length (0.9+ feet)	Amazonian Giant Centipede
Salmon	Weight (90+ lbs), Length (5+ feet)	Chinook Salmon
Zebra	Height (5+ feet), Weight (900+ lbs)	Grévy's zebra
Billfish	Weight (1,800+ lbs)	Atlantic Blue Marlin
Worm	Length (150+ feet)	Bootlace Worm

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