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.

## List

Rank  | Common name  | Scientific name  | Family  | Image  | Average
mass (kg)  | Maximum
mass (kg)  | Average
length
(m)  | Maximum
length
(m)  | Shoulder
height
(m)  | Native range
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1  | Polar bear | Ursus maritimus | Ursidae |  | 360-700 | 1,002 | 2.5-3.0 | 3.4 [1] | 1.60 | North America, Eurasia
2  | Brown bear | Ursus arctos | Ursidae |  | 270-635 | 751 (in the wild, possibly more) | 1.5-3.0 | 3.4 [2] | 1.53 | North America, Eurasia, formerly Africa
3  | Liger | (Panthera leo x Panthera tigris).  | Felidae |

Liger couple

| 320-550  | 550 kg  | 3-3.6  | 3.6  |  | N/A
4  | American black bear | Ursus americanus | Ursidae |  | 159-226 | 409-500[3] | 1.4-2.0 | 2.41[3] | 1.10 | North America
5  | Tiger | Panthera tigris | Felidae |  | 227-300 | 388.78 (disputed)[4][5][6] | 2.5-3.9 | 4.17[7] | 1.32 | Asia
6  | Lion |  Panthera leo | Felidae |  | 190-272 | 375 (in the wild;[8][9] disputed)[10] | 2.5-3.3 | 3.9[11] | 1.4 | Africa, Asia.
7  | Spectacled bear | Tremarctos ornatus | Ursidae |  | 100-190 | 220 [12] | 1.2-1.9 | 2.0[13] | 1.0 | South America
8  | Asiatic black bear | Ursus thibetanus | Ursidae |  | 90-190 | 200 [14] | 1.3-1.9 | 2.0[15] | 1.10 | Asia
9  | Sloth bear | Melursus ursinus | Ursidae |  | 90-140 | 192 | 1.2-1.9 | 2.0 [16] | 0.9 | Asia

11  | Giant panda | Ailuropoda melanoleuca | Ursidae |  | 85-120 | 160 | 1.5-1.9 | 2.0 | 1.0 | Asia

## See also

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

## References

1. ↑ Wood, G.L. (1983). The Guinness Book of Animal Records. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 978-0-85112-235-9.
2. ↑ "Brown bear (Ursus arctos)". 2022-01-01. https://dinoanimals.com/animals/brown-bear-ursus-arctos/.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wood, Gerald (1983). The Guinness Book of Animal Facts & Feats. Sterling Publishing Co.. ISBN 978-0-85112-235-9. https://archive.org/details/guinnessbookofan00wood.
4. ↑ Wood, G. L. (1983). The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Sterling Publishing. ISBN:978-0-85112-235-9.
5. ↑ Kitchener, A.; Yamaguchi, N. (2009). "What is a Tiger? Biogeography, Morphology, and Taxonomy". in Tilson, R.; Nyhus, P. J.. Tigers of the World: The Science, Politics and Conservation of Panthera tigris. Academic Press. pp. 53–84. ISBN 978-0-08-094751-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=XFIbjBEQolMC&pg=PA53.
6. ↑ Brakefield, Tom (1993). "Tiger: Phantom stripes". Big Cats: Kingdom of Might. Voyageur Press. p. 32−47. ISBN 978-0-89658-329-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=szBm5kPeC-cC&pg=PA32.
7. ↑ Heptner, V. G. (1989). Mammals of the Soviet Union, Volume 2 Part 2 Carnivora (Hyenas and Cats). BRILL. ISBN 9004088768. https://books.google.com/books?id=UxWZ-OmTqVoC.
8. ↑ Wood, G. L. (1976). The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 978-0-900424-60-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=AWhFAQAAIAAJ.
9. ↑ Wood, G. L. (1983). The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Sterling Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85112-235-9. https://archive.org/details/guinnessbookofan00wood.
10. ↑ "East African Business Digest", University Press of Africa, with contributions from the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce & Industry, 1963, https://books.google.com/books?id=i_JPAQAAIAAJ&q=TWO+mamuding+lions+which,+since+January+this+year,+killed+244+cattle+and+three+donkeys,+were+shot+at+lssuna+village+in+Tanganyika.+The+lions+were+found+to+weigh+700+and+800+lb., retrieved 2018-03-18
11. ↑ Capstick, P. H. (1984). Safari:The Last Adventure. St. Martin's press. ISBN 1-4668-0398-3.
12. ↑ "10 Largest Bears". 19 August 2021. https://a-z-animals.com/blog/discover-the-10-largest-bears-in-the-world/#:~:text=The most massive spectacled bears,Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina..
13. ↑ "Spectacled bear". https://www.theanimalfiles.com/mammals/carnivores/bear_spectacled.html. "They have a body length between 1.5 and 2 m"
14. ↑ Brown, Gary (1993). The Great Bear Almanac. Lyons & Burford. ISBN 9781558212107. https://archive.org/details/greatbearalmanac0000brow/page/n2/mode/1up.
15. ↑ "Asiatic black bear". https://www.worldlandtrust.org/species/mammals/asiatic-black-bear/. "Standing on all fours, adults are typically 70-100 cm tall and can reach lengths of up to 2 m"
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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