Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Speed Comparison of Land Animals

Now a days I often watch television and specially look for animal channels like Discovery, Animal Planet and National Geography. While I see a tiger/cheetah/lion attacks a deer I always wonder what is the highest speed of various types of land animals. After searching a bit in Internet and also from animal channels I have got ideas about the animals speed which I specify below along with their name. All the measurements of speed are given as mile per hour (mph).

1)Peregrine falcon: 200.00+
2)Cheetah: 70.00
3)Pronghorn antelope: 61.00
4)Lion: 50.00
5)Thomson's gazelle: 50.00
6)Wildebeest: 50.00
7)Quarter horse: 47.50
8)Cape hunting dog: 45.00
9)Elk: 45.00
10)Coyote: 43.00
11)Gray fox: 42.00
12)Hyena: 40.00
13)Ostrich: 40.00
14)Zebra: 40.00
15)Mongolian wild ass: 40.00
16)Greyhound : 39.35
17)Whippet: 35.50
18)Jackal: 35.00
19)Mule deer: 35.00
20)Rabbit (domestic): 35.00
21)Giraffe: 32.00
22)Reindeer: 32.00
23)Cat (domestic): 30.00
24)Kangaroo: 30.00
25)Grizzly bear: 30.00
26)Wart hog: 30.00
27)White-tailed deer: 30.00
28)Human: 27.89
29)Elephant: 25.00
30)Black mamba snake: 20.00
31)Six-lined race runner: 18.00
32)Squirrel: 12.00
33)Pig (domestic): 11.00
34)Chicken: 9.00
35)House mouse: 8.00
36)Spider (Tegenearia atrica): 1.17
37)Giant tortoise: 0.17
38)Three-toed sloth: 0.15
39)Garden snail: 0.03

Note that most of the above measurements are for maximum speeds over approximate quarter-mile distances.

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