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TOP TEN SUPER-FAST ANIMALS IN THE WORLD

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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