List of size records

Biggest living thing

The ostrich

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  Eucalyptus tree "El Grande"
  Largest organism: Dark Hallimasch (9 km², 600 tons)

• Largest living structure: Great Barrier Reef (347,800 km²)

Biggest animal

• Largest animal: Patagotitan mayorum (size, 37 meters); Blue whale (weight, 200 tons)
• Largest recent animal: blue whale (33 meters, 200 tons)
• Largest land animal: Patagotitan mayorum (37 meters, 69 tons)
• Largest recent land animal: Giraffe (size, 6 meters); African elephant (weight, 6.05 tons)
• Largest predatory animal: sperm whale (20 meters, 50 tons)
• Largest flightable animal: Quetzalcoatlus nothropi (wingspan 12 meters, 200 kg)
• Largest recent flightable animal: Wandering albatross (wingspan, 3.5 meters), giant bustard (weight, 19 kg)

Mammals

• Largest mammal: blue whale (33 meters, 200 tons)
• Largest land mammal: Paraceratherium (8.7 meters, 20 tons)
• Largest recent land mammal: giraffe (size, 6 meters); African elephant (weight, 6.05 tons)
• Largest predatory mammal: sperm whale (20 meters, 50 tons)
• Largest predatory land mammal: Andrewsarchus mongoliensis (3.8 meters, 1000 kg)
• Largest recent predatory land mammal: polar bear (3.4 meters, 500 kg)

fishes

• Largest fish: Megalodon (18 meters, 60 tons)
• Largest recent fish: whale shark (13.7 meters, 12 tons)
• Largest bony fish : Leedsichthys problematicus (16.5 meters, 45 tons)
• Largest recent bony fish: Regalecus glesne , (size, 8 meters); Sunfish (weight, 2.3 tons)
• Largest recent predatory fish: Great White Shark (5 meters, 3.5 tons)

Birds

• Largest bird: Pachystruthio dmanisensis (size, 3.5 meters); Vorompatra (weight, 732 kg)
• Largest recent bird: African ostrich (2.5 meters, 110 kg)
• Largest bird capable of flying: Pelagornis sandersi (wingspan, 7.4 meters); Argentavis magnificens (weight, 72 kg)
• Largest recent flightable bird: Wandering Albatross (wingspan 3.5 meters); Giant bustard (weight, 19 kg)
• Largest predatory bird: Kelenken guillermoi (3 meters, 200 kg)
• Largest recent predatory bird: giant sea eagle (wingspan 2.8 meters)

Biggest plant

• Largest singular deciduous tree: giant eucalyptus (132 meters)
• Largest conifer: Giant sequoia ( General Sherman Tree ) (83.8 meters)
• Largest palm: honey palm (30 meters)
• Largest cactus: Pachycereus pringlei (20 meters)
• Largest flower: Giant rafflesia (1 meter diameter, 11 kg)

Biggest mushroom

• Largest mushroom (organism): Dark Hallimasch (9 km², 600 tons)
• Largest mushroom fruiting body: Phellinus ellipsoideus (10.85 meters, 450 kg)
• Largest edible mushroom fruiting body: Termitomyces titanicus (diameter 1 meter, 2.5 kg)

Tallest man

• Tallest man: Robert Wadlow (2.72 meters)
• Tallest woman: Zeng Jinlian (2.48 meters)

Largest geological formations

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  Mauna Kea , the largest mountain on earth
  Largest continent: Asia (44,614,500 km²)
• Largest desert: Antarctica (13.2 million km²)
• Largest sandy desert: Rub al-Kali (680,000 km²)
• Largest mountain: Mauna Kea (10,203 meters, of which 4205 meters above water)
• Largest valley: the rift valley of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• Largest valley (above the sea): Great African Rift Valley (6000 km)
• Largest monolith: Uluru (Ayers Rock) (3 km × 2 km × 348 m)
• Largest monolith moved by humans: Thunder Stone (1250 tons)

Largest body of water

• Largest ocean: Pacific Ocean (181.34 million km²)
• Largest lake: Caspian Sea (386,400 km² )
• Largest freshwater lake: Oberer See (82,100 km²)
• Largest river (by volume at the mouth): Amazon
• Largest river (by length): Nile (approx. 6650 km)

Biggest structures

The Burj Khalifa , tallest building in the world

• Tallest building: Burj Khalifa (828 meters)
• Largest building (by footprint): Boeing Everett Plant (399,480 square feet)
• Largest building (by volume): New Century Global Center (20,000,000 cubic meters)
• Longest bridge: Danyang – Kunshan Great Bridge (164.8 km)
• Highest chimney: Ekibastus coal-fired power station (330 meters)
• Highest wind turbine: Nowy Tomyśl wind farm (210 meters)
• Highest transmission mast: KVLY mast (629 meters)
• Longest tunnel: Gotthard Base Tunnel (57.1 km)

Biggest vehicles

Mercedes S600 Pullmann, longest series car in the world

Largest watercraft

• Largest ship: Years Viking (or Knock Nevis ) (458.45 meters)
• Largest passenger ship: Symphony of the Seas (361 meters)
• Largest container ship: Barzan (400 meters)
• Largest submarine: Typhoon class (172.8 meters)
• Largest floating offshore facility: Prelude FLNG (488 meters)

Largest land vehicles

• Largest production car (by length): Mercedes-Maybach S 600 Pullman (6.499 meters)
• Largest production car (by width): Chrysler Crown Imperial, 1954
• Largest truck: BelAZ-75710 (20.6 meters)
• Largest tractor: Big Bud 747 (8.69 meters)

Biggest aircraft

• Largest passenger aircraft: Airbus A380 (853 passengers)
• Largest cargo plane and longest aircraft: Antonov An-225 (84 meters)
• Largest military aircraft: Tupolev Tu-160 (275 tons)
• Airplane with the largest wingspan: Scaled Composites Stratolaunch (117 meters)
• Largest helicopter: Mil Mi-12 (length 37 meters; wingspan with rotor 67 meters)
• Largest zeppelin: LZ 129 Hindenburg (245 meters)
• Largest hot air balloon: Virgin Pacific Flyer

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Craig L. Schmitt, Michael L. Tatum: The Malheur National Forest. Location of the World's Largest Living Organism. The humongous fungus . United States Department of Agriculture, 2008. (PDF; 1.14 MB)