An Alphabetical List of the World's Largest Animals!

This page contains an alphabetic list of all the animals featured on this site. Look up your favourite big animal, and see what makes it so special!

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

African Bush Elephant - heaviest land animal
American Lobster - heaviest arthropod and crustacean
Atlas Moth - largest moth, insect with the biggest wings

~~ Top ~~

B

Blue Whale - biggest animal

~~ Top ~~

C

Catala's Starfish - heaviest echinoderm and starfish
Coconut Crab - biggest land arthropod and crustacean

~~ Top ~~

D

Diprotodon - biggest ever marsupial mammal

~~ Top ~~

E

Elephant Bird - heaviest ever bird

~~ Top ~~

F

~~ Top ~~

G

Giant Moa - tallest ever bird
Giraffe - tallest land animal
Goliath Beetle - heaviest insect
Goliath Bird-Eating Spider - biggest spider

~~ Top ~~

H

~~ Top ~~

I

~~ Top ~~

J

Japanese Spider Crab - biggest arthropod and crustacean

~~ Top ~~

K

Kori Bustard - heaviest flying bird

~~ Top ~~

L

Leedsichthys - biggest ever fish
Little Barrier Island Giant Weta - biggest adult insect

~~ Top ~~

M

Megalodon Shark - biggest ever shark
Midgardia Xandaros - biggest starfish and echinoderm (longest arms, not the heaviest)

~~ Top ~~

N

~~ Top ~~

O

Ostrich - biggest bird

~~ Top ~~

P

~~ Top ~~

Q

~~ Top ~~

R

Red Kangaroo - biggest marsupial mammal
Robber Crab - see Coconut Crab.

~~ Top ~~

S

~~ Top ~~

T

Trichoplax Adhaerens - biggest (and only) Placozoan

~~ Top ~~

U

unnamed species of Velvet Worm - biggest Velvet Worm

~~ Top ~~

V

~~ Top ~~

W

Wandering Albatross - biggest flying bird
Western Long Beaked Echidna - biggest monotreme
Whale Shark - biggest fish
Wetapunga - see Little Barrier Island Giant Weta

~~ Top ~~

X

~~ Top ~~

Y

~~ Top ~~

Z

~~ Top ~~