10 SUPER FAST ANIMALS
Peregrine falcon
Falco peregrinus 389km/h (fastest recorded)
The peregrine regular exceeds 322km/h during stoops (hunting dives) – though doesn’t come close to that speed in level flight.
Marine reptile
Leatherback sea turtle
Dermochelys coriacea 35km/h
A teardrop-shaped body gives this reptile a hydrodynamic advantage.
land mammal
cheetah
Acinonyx jubatus 120km/h
the fastest land animal on earth can maintain this speed for bursts of no longer than 60 seconds.
bird
flapping flight
White-throated needle `tail Hirundapus caudacutus 169km/h
land herbivore
Pronghorn
Antilocapra americana 88.5km/h
this antelope-like creature can maintain speeds of 56km/h for several kilometres.
Fish
Indo-Pacific sailfish
Istiophorus albicans 111km/h the title of fastest fish is hotly disputed; the highest estimates for this species date from the 1920s.
insect
horsefly
Chrysops relictus 145km/h
Land raptile
Black iguana
Ctenosaura similis 34.9km/h
Marine mammal
Common dolphin
Delphinus spp. 64km/h
Flying mammal
Mexican freetailed
bat Tadarida brasiliensis 96.5km/h
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