List of largest land carnivorans

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The following list contains the largest terrestrial members of the order Carnivora, ranked in accordance to their maximum mass in the wild.

## Contents

* 1 List
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 Bibliography

## List

Rank  | Common name  | Scientific name  | Family  | Image  | Average
mass (kg)
in the wild | Maximum
mass (kg)
in the wild | Average
length (m)
in the wild | Maximum
length (m)
in the wild | Average
shoulder
height (m)
in the wild | Native range

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1  | Polar bear | Ursus maritimus | Ursidae | 250px | 360-700 | 1002 | 2.5 - 3.0 | 3.4 [1] | 1.60 | North America, Eurasia
2  | Brown bear | Ursus arctos | Ursidae | 250px | 270-635 | 751 (in the wild, possibly more) | 1.5 - 3.0 | 3.4 [2] | 1.53 | North America, Eurasia, formerly Africa
3  | American black bear | Ursus americanus | Ursidae | 250px | 159-226 | 409-500[3] | 1.4 - 2.0 | 2.41[3] | 1.10 | North America
4  | Tiger | Panthera tigris | Felidae | 250px | 227-300 | 388.78 (disputed)[4][5][6] | 2.5 - 3.9 | 4.17[7] | 1.32 | Asia
5  | Lion |  Panthera leo | Felidae | 250px | 190-272 | 375 (in the wild;[8][9] disputed)[10] | 2.5 - 3.3 | 3.9[11] | 1.4 | Africa, Asia.
6  | Spectacled bear | Tremarctos ornatus | Ursidae | 250px | 100-190 | 220[12] | 1.2 - 1.9 | 2.0[13] | 1.0 | South America
7  | Asiatic black bear | Ursus thibetanus | Ursidae | 250px | 90-190 | 200[14] | 1.3 - 1.9 | 2.0[15] | 1.10 | Asia
8  | Sloth bear | Melursus ursinus | Ursidae | 250px | 90-140 | 192 | 1.2 - 1.9 | 2.0 [16] | 0.90 | Asia

10  | Giant panda | Ailuropoda melanoleuca | Ursidae | 250px | 85-120 | 160 | 1.5 - 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.0 | Asia
11  | Cougar | Puma concolor | Felidae | 250px | 53.1–71[citation needed] | 105.2 (Verified)[17]

125.2 (Unverified)[18]

| 1.5 - 2.4[19] | 2.8[20] | 0.53 - 0.88[21] | North and South America

13  | Gray wolf | Canis lupus | Canidae | 250px | 14–65[22] | 79[23]
86[24]
103 [25] | 1.4 - 1.90[26] | 2.13[27]\- 2.5[28][29] | 0.97 | North America and Eurasia
14  | Spotted hyena | Crocuta crocuta | Hyaenidae | 250px | 44.5–63.9 | 81.7-90 | 0.95 - 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.75[30] | Africa
15  | Brown hyena | Parahyaena brunnea | Hyaenidae | 250px | 37.7–40.2 | 72.6 | 1.44[31] | 1.70 | 0.70 - 0.88 | Africa
16  | Cheetah | Acinonyx jubatus | Felidae | 250px | 36.7–54.1[32][33] | 69[34] | 1.5 - 2.3[35] | 2.5[36][37][38] | 0.77 - 0.94[39] | Africa, Asia
17  | Sun bear | Helarctos malayanus | Ursidae | 250px | 25-65[40][41][42] | 68.3 | 1.0 - 1.40 | 1.50 | 0.70 | Asia
18  | Striped hyena | Hyaena hyaena | Hyaenidae | 250px | 26-41 | [43] 55 | 0.85 - 1.30 | 1.50 | 0.60 - 0.80 | Africa, Asia
19  | Snow leopard | Panthera uncia | Felidae | 250px | 42[44] | 53.8[45] | 1.6 - 2.1[46] | 2.5[47][48] | 0.60 - 0.66[49] | Asia
20  | Red wolf | Canis rufus | Canidae | 250px | 23-39 | 40[50] | 1.2 - 1.65[51] | 1.7 [52] | 0.80 | North America
21  | Eurasian lynx | Lynx lynx | Felidae | 250px | 17.4–21.7[citation needed] | 38[53] | 0.80 - 1.3[54] | 1.5[55][56] | 0.60 - 0.71[57] | Asia, Europe
22  | Eastern wolf | Canis lycaon | Canidae |  | 23-30 | 36.7[58] | 0.91-1.65[citation needed] | 1.8[59] | 0.70 | North America
23  | Maned wolf | Chrysocyon brachyurus | Canidae | 250px | 20-30 | 36[60] | 1.5 - 1.8 [61][62] | 1.9 [63] | 0.90 | South America
24  | African wild dog | Lycaon pictus | Canidae | 250px | 20-30[64] | 36[65] | 1.10 - 1.40[66] | 1.5 [67] | 0.75 | Africa
25  | Coyote | Canis latrans | Canidae | 250px | 8-20 | 33.91[68] | 1.0 - 1.3[69] | 1.5 [70] | 0.70 | North America
26  | Wolverine | Gulo gulo | Mustelidae | 250px | 7-27,5 | 32[71][72][73][74][75] | 0.65 - 1.09 | 1.10 | 0.36 - 0.45 | North America, Eurasia
27  | European badger | Meles meles | Mustelidae | 250px | 6–7.95 | 27.2 | 1.10 | 0.25 - 0.30 |  | Eurasia
28  | Bobcat | Lynx rufus | Felidae | 250px | 6.4–18.3 | 22.2 (Verified)[76] 27 (Unverified)[77] | 0.475 - 1.25 | 1.30 | 0.30 - 0.60 | North America
29  | Clouded leopard | Neofelis nebulosa | Felidae | 250px | 16–23[78] | 26[78] | 1.2 - 1.6[79] | 1.9[80] | 0.46 - 0.56[81] | Asia
30  | Dhole | Cuon alpinus | Canidae | 250px | 10-21 | 25 | 0.9 - 1.3 [82] | 1.45 [83] | 0.56 | Asia

## See also

| Wikispecies has information related to Carnivora

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* List of largest mammals
* List of largest cats
* Largest organisms
* List of largest wild canids

## References

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16. ↑ "Sloth bear". 25 April 2016. https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/sloth-bear#:~:text=Sloth bears grow 5 to,shrubs and trees provide shelter.. "Sloth bears grow 5 to 6 feet (1.5 to 2 meters)"
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## Bibliography

* Mills, Gus; Hofer, Heribert (1998). Hyaenas: status survey and conservation action plan. IUCN/SSC Hyena Specialist Group. ISBN 978-2-8317-0442-5. http://data.iucn.org/dbtw-wpd/edocs/1998-013.pdf. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
* Pocock, R. I. (1941). The Fauna of British India. 2 Mammals. London: Taylor and Francis. https://archive.org/details/PocockMammalia2.

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