Rank | Name | Image | Family | Taxonomy Classification | Mass[Note 1] |
1 |
African bush elephant |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/African_Bush_Elephant-crop.jpg/160px-African_Bush_Elephant-crop.jpg) |
Elephantidae |
Loxodonta africana |
5,200–10,000 kg (11,500–22,000 lb)[3] [4] |
2 |
Asian elephant |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Elephas_maximus_%28Bandipur%29.jpg/160px-Elephas_maximus_%28Bandipur%29.jpg) |
Elephantidae |
Elephas maximus: E. m. indicus, E. m. maximus, E. m. sumatranus, E. m. borneensis |
2,400–8,000 kg (5,300–17,600 lb) [5] [4] |
3 |
African forest elephant |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/L%27%C3%A9l%C3%A9phant_de_for%C3%AAt_d%27Afrique_%28Loxodonta_cyclotis%29.jpg/160px-L%27%C3%A9l%C3%A9phant_de_for%C3%AAt_d%27Afrique_%28Loxodonta_cyclotis%29.jpg) |
Elephantidae |
Loxodonta cyclotis |
1,700–6,000 kg (3,700–13,200 lb)[6] |
4 |
White rhinoceros | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Rhinoc%C3%A9ros_blanc_JHE.jpg/160px-Rhinoc%C3%A9ros_blanc_JHE.jpg) | Rhinocerotidae | Ceratotherium simum: Ceratotherium simum cottoni, C. s. simum |
3,000–4,500 kg (6,600–9,900 lb)[7] |
5 |
Hippopotamus | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Nijlpaard.jpg/160px-Nijlpaard.jpg) | Hippopotamidae | Hippopotamus amphibius: H. a. amphibius, H. a. kiboko, H. a. capensis, H. a. tschadensis, H. a. constrictus |
1,210–4,500 kg (2,670–9,920 lb)[8] [9] |
6 |
Indian rhinoceros |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Indian_Rhino_Image.jpg/160px-Indian_Rhino_Image.jpg) |
Rhinocerotidae |
Rhinoceros unicornis |
2,070–4,000 kg (4,560–8,820 lb) [10] [11] |
7 |
Black rhinoceros |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/2012_Black_Rhinoceros_Gemsbokvlakte.jpg/160px-2012_Black_Rhinoceros_Gemsbokvlakte.jpg) |
Rhinocerotidae |
Diceros bicornis: D. b. minor, D. b. michaeli, D. b. longipes |
850–2,896 kg (1,874–6,385 lb)[12] |
8 |
Javan rhinoceros | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Rhinoceros_sondaicus_in_London_Zoo.jpg/160px-Rhinoceros_sondaicus_in_London_Zoo.jpg) | Rhinocerotidae |
Rhinoceros sondaicus | 900–2,300 kg (2,000–5,100 lb)[13] |
9 |
Giraffe | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Giraffa_camelopardalis_angolensis.jpg/160px-Giraffa_camelopardalis_angolensis.jpg) | Giraffidae | Giraffa camelopardalis: G. c. camelopardalis, G. c. reticulata, G. c. angolensis, G. c. antiquorum, G. c. tippelskirchi, G. c. rothschildi, G. c. giraffa, G. c. thornicrofti, G. c. peralta |
700–2,000 kg (1,500–4,400 lb)[14][15] |
10 |
Gaur | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Bandipur_2.jpg/160px-Bandipur_2.jpg) | Bovidae | Bos gaurus: B. g. gaurus, B. g. readei, B. g. hubbacki |
440–1,500 kg (970–3,310 lb)[16] |
11 |
Cattle | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Texas_Longhorn.jpg/160px-Texas_Longhorn.jpg) | Bovidae | Bos taurus, Bos indicus, Bos primigenius | 120–1,400 kg (260–3,090 lb)[17][18] |
12 |
American bison | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bison_Bull_in_Nebraska.jpg/160px-Bison_Bull_in_Nebraska.jpg) | Bovidae | Bison bison: B. b. athabascae, B. b. bison |
540–1,270 kg (1,190–2,800 lb) in wild,[19][20] and a semidomesticated bull weighed 1,724 kg (3,801 lb).[19] |
13 |
Wild water buffalo | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Indian_Water_Buffalo_Bubalus_arnee_by_Dr_Raju_Kasambe_IMG_0347_%2811%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/160px-Indian_Water_Buffalo_Bubalus_arnee_by_Dr_Raju_Kasambe_IMG_0347_%2811%29_%28cropped%29.jpg) | Bovidae | Bubalus arnee[Note 2] |
600–1,200 kg (1,300–2,600 lb)[21][22] |
14 |
Wild yak | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Wild_Yak_Stuffed.jpg/160px-Wild_Yak_Stuffed.jpg) | Bovidae | Bos mutus | 500–1,200 kg (1,100–2,600 lb)[23] |
15 |
Giant eland | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Giant_eland_%28Taurotragus_derbianus_derbianus%29_male.jpg/160px-Giant_eland_%28Taurotragus_derbianus_derbianus%29_male.jpg) | Bovidae | Taurotragus derbianus: T. d. derbianus, T. d. gigas | 400–1,200 kg (880–2,650 lb)[24] |
16 |
Gayal | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Mithun.jpg/160px-Mithun.jpg) | Bovidae | Bos frontalis | 650–1,000 kg (1,430–2,200 lb)[citation needed] |
17 |
European bison | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Bison_bonasus_%28Linnaeus_1758%29.jpg/160px-Bison_bonasus_%28Linnaeus_1758%29.jpg) | Bovidae | Bison bonasus | 500–1,000 kg (1,100–2,200 lb)[25][26] |
18 |
Sumatran rhinoceros | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Sumatran_Rhinoceros_at_Sumatran_Rhino_Sanctuary_Lampung_Indonesia_2013.JPG/160px-Sumatran_Rhinoceros_at_Sumatran_Rhino_Sanctuary_Lampung_Indonesia_2013.JPG) | Rhinocerotidae | Dicerorhinus sumatrensis | 500–1,000 kg (1,100–2,200 lb)[27] |
19 |
Eland | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Common_eland_mara.jpg/160px-Common_eland_mara.jpg) | Bovidae | Taurotragus oryx: T. o. livingstonii, T. o. oryx, T. o. pattersonianus | 400–1,000 kg (880–2,200 lb)[28][29] |
20 |
Bactrian camel | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Camel_Farm_in_Mongolia_02.jpg/160px-Camel_Farm_in_Mongolia_02.jpg) | Camelidae | Camelus bactrianus, Camelus ferus | 300–1,000 kg (660–2,200 lb)[30][31] |
21 |
Dromedary | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Dromadaire4478.jpg/160px-Dromadaire4478.jpg) | Camelidae | Camelus dromedarius | 400–1,000 kg (880–2,200 lb)[32] |
22 |
Water buffalo | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Flickr_-_Rainbirder_-_Water_Buffalo.jpg/160px-Flickr_-_Rainbirder_-_Water_Buffalo.jpg) | Bovidae | Bubalus bubalis | 300–1,000 or 1,100 kg (660–2,200 or 2,430 lb)[33][34] |
23 |
Yak | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Bos_grunniens_at_Letdar_on_Annapurna_Circuit.jpg/160px-Bos_grunniens_at_Letdar_on_Annapurna_Circuit.jpg) | Bovidae | Bos grunniens | 300–1,000 kg (660–2,200 lb)[35] |
24 |
Polar bear | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Polar_Bear_-_Alaska_%28cropped%29.jpg/160px-Polar_Bear_-_Alaska_%28cropped%29.jpg) | Ursidae | Ursus maritimus | 300–1,000 kg (660–2,200 lb)[36][37][38] |
25 |
Brown bear | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Oursonne_et_son_petit.jpg/160px-Oursonne_et_son_petit.jpg) | Ursidae | Ursus arctos: U. a. arctos, U. a. collaris, U. a. beringianus, U. a. isabellinus, U. a. gobiensis, U. a. lasiotus, Ursus arctos marsicanus, U. a. syriacus, U. a. pruinosus, U. a. horribilis, U. a. gyas,U. a. middendorffi, U. a. sitkensis, U. a. stikeenensis, U. a. nelsoni, U. a. crowtheri | 150–1,000 kg (330–2,200 lb)[39][40][41][42] |
26 |
Kouprey | | Bovidae | Bos sauveli | 680–910 kg (1,500–2,010 lb)[43][26] |
27 |
Banteng | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Tembadau_01.jpg/160px-Tembadau_01.jpg) | Bovidae | Bos javanicus: B. j. javanicus, B. j. lowi, B. j. birmanicus | 590–900 kg (1,300–1,980 lb)[44] |
28 |
African buffalo | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/2011-07-13_Afrikansk_b%C3%B8ffel.jpg/160px-2011-07-13_Afrikansk_b%C3%B8ffel.jpg) | Bovidae | Syncerus caffer: S. c. caffer, S. c. nanus, S. c. brachyceros, S. c. mathewsi, S. c. aequinoctialis |
300–870 kg (660–1,920 lb)[45][46] |
29 |
Moose | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Elk-telemark.jpg/160px-Elk-telemark.jpg) | Cervidae | Alces alces: A. a. alces, A. a. pfizenmayeri, A. a. cameloides, A. a. buturlini, A. a. americana, A. a. andersoni, A. a. gigas, A. a. shirasi | 200–820 kg (440–1,810 lb)[47][48][5] |
30 |
Elk | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Jasper.Wapiti-Hirsch.P1033401.jpg/160px-Jasper.Wapiti-Hirsch.P1033401.jpg) | Cervidae | Cervus canadensis: C. c. alashanicus, C. c. kansuensis, C. c. macneilli, C. c. manitobensis, C. c. nannodes, C. c. nelsoni, C. c. roosevelti, C. c. xanthopygus, C. c. sibiricus, C. c. songaricus, C. c. wallichii | 170–600 kg (370–1,320 lb)[49][50] |