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Animals

Fastest animal on every continent

Each continent shows the fastest published animal whose entry names that continent. Sorting uses metres per second. The label stays in the unit the source printed, with its qualifier, so an estimate is not mistaken for a timed trial. The map is a schematic. The list under it has the same facts and works without the drawing.

4 of 7 continents have a published animal
Schematic map of seven continentsNorth America. PronghornNorthAmericaPronghornSouth America. None yetSouthAmericaNone yetEurope. Brown hareEuropeBrown hareAfrica. CheetahAfricaCheetahAsia. BlackbuckAsiaBlackbuckOceania. None yetOceaniaNone yetAntarctica. None yetAntarcticaNone yet
Schematic, not to scale. Choose a continent to jump to its list. Animals appear when an entry has a continent.

North America

  1. 1Pronghorn100 km/h · estimated
  2. 2Antelope jackrabbit72 km/h · estimated
  3. 3Wolf64 km/h · estimated

South America

No published animal names South America yet. An entry joins this section when its continent, or a region list, names it.

Europe

  1. 1Brown hare72 km/h · estimated
  2. 2Wolf64 km/h · estimated

Africa

  1. 1Cheetah29 m/s · verified
  2. 2Springbok97 km/h · estimated
  3. 3Black wildebeest90 km/h · estimated
  4. 4Grant's gazelle81 km/h · estimated
  5. 5Thomson's gazelle81 km/h · estimated
  6. 6Blue wildebeest80 km/h · estimated
  7. 7Hartebeest80 km/h · estimated
  8. 8African wild dog70 km/h · estimated
  9. 9Lion59 km/h · estimated
  10. 10Impala47 km/h · verified

Asia

  1. 1Blackbuck105 km/h · estimated
  2. 2Cheetah29 m/s · verified
  3. 3Goitered gazelle97 km/h · estimated
  4. 4Mongolian gazelle80 km/h · estimated
  5. 5Saiga80 km/h · estimated
  6. 6Brown hare72 km/h · estimated
  7. 7Wolf64 km/h · estimated
  8. 8Lion59 km/h · estimated

Oceania

No published animal names Oceania yet. An entry joins this section when its continent, or a region list, names it.

Antarctica

No published animal names Antarctica yet. An entry joins this section when its continent, or a region list, names it.