List of largest land carnivorans

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The following list contains the largest terrestrial members of the order Carnivora, ranked in accordance to their maximum mass in the wild.

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Rank Common name Scientific name Family Image Average
mass (kg)
in the wild		 Maximum
mass (kg)
in the wild		 Average
length (m)
in the wild		 Maximum
length (m)
in the wild		 Average
shoulder
height (m)
in the wild		 Native range
1 Polar bearUrsus maritimusUrsidae360-70010022.5 - 3.03.4 [1]1.60North America, Eurasia
2 Brown bearUrsus arctosUrsidae270-635751 (in the wild, possibly more)1.5 - 3.03.4 [2]1.53North America, Eurasia, formerly Africa
3 American black bearUrsus americanusUrsidae159-226409-500[3]1.4 - 2.02.41[3]1.10North America
4 TigerPanthera tigrisFelidae227-300388.78 (disputed)[4][5][6]2.5 - 3.94.17[7]1.32Asia
5 Lion Panthera leoFelidae190-272375 (in the wild;[8][9] disputed)[10]2.5 - 3.33.9[11]1.4Africa, Asia.
6 Spectacled bearTremarctos ornatusUrsidae100-190220[12]1.2 - 1.92.0[citation needed]1.0South America
7 Asiatic black bearUrsus thibetanusUrsidae90-190200[13]1.3 - 1.92.0[14]1.10Asia
8 Sloth bearMelursus ursinusUrsidae90-1401921.2 - 1.92.0 [15]0.90Asia
9 JaguarPanthera oncaFelidae100-125160[16][17]1.6 - 2.52.8 [18]0.90North America, South America
10 Giant pandaAiluropoda melanoleucaUrsidae85-1201601.5 - 1.92.01.0Asia
11 CougarPuma concolorFelidae53.1–71[citation needed]105.2 (Verified)[19]

125.2 (Unverified)[20]

 1.5 - 2.4[21]2.8[22]0.53 - 0.88[23]North and South America
12 LeopardPanthera pardusFelidae30–65.8[24][25]108[26]1.6 - 2.3[27]2.75[28][29]0.44 - 0.78[30]Africa, Europe and Asia
13 Gray wolfCanis lupusCanidae14–65[31]79[32]
86[33]
103 [34]		1.4 - 1.90[35]2.13[36]- 2.5[37][38]0.97North America and Eurasia
14 Spotted hyenaCrocuta crocutaHyaenidae44.5–63.981.7-900.95 - 1.61.30.75[39]Africa
15 Brown hyenaParahyaena brunneaHyaenidae37.7–40.272.61.44[40]1.700.70 - 0.88Africa
16 CheetahAcinonyx jubatusFelidae 36.7–54.1[41][42]69[43]1.5 - 2.3[44]2.5[45][46][47]0.77 - 0.94[48]Africa, Asia
17 Sun bearHelarctos malayanusUrsidae25-65[49][50][51]68.31.0 - 1.401.500.70Asia
18 Striped hyenaHyaena hyaenaHyaenidae26-41[52] 550.85 - 1.301.500.60 - 0.80Africa, Asia
19 Snow leopardPanthera unciaFelidae42[53]53.8[54]1.6 - 2.1[55]2.5[56][57]0.60 - 0.66[58]Asia
20 Red wolfCanis rufusCanidae23-3940[59]1.2 - 1.65[60]1.7 [61]0.80North America
21 Eurasian lynxLynx lynxFelidae17.4–21.7[citation needed] 38[62]0.80 - 1.3[63]1.5[64][65]0.60 - 0.71[66]Asia, Europe
22 Eastern wolfCanis lycaonCanidae23-3036.7[67]0.91-1.65[citation needed]1.8[68] 0.70North America
23 Maned wolfChrysocyon brachyurusCanidae20-3036[69]1.5 - 1.8 [70][71]1.9 [72]0.90South America
24 African wild dogLycaon pictusCanidae20-30[73]36[74]1.10 - 1.40[75]1.5 [76]0.75Africa
25 CoyoteCanis latransCanidae8-2033.91[77]1.0 - 1.3[78]1.5 [79]0.70North America
26 WolverineGulo guloMustelidae7-27,532[80][81][82][83][84]0.65 - 1.091.100.36 - 0.45North America, Eurasia
27 European badgerMeles melesMustelidae6–7.9527.21.100.25 - 0.30 Eurasia
28 BobcatLynx rufusFelidae6.4–18.322.2 (Verified)[85] 27 (Unverified)[86]0.475 - 1.251.300.30 - 0.60North America
29 Clouded leopardNeofelis nebulosaFelidae16–23[87]26[87]1.2 - 1.6[88] 1.9[89] 0.46 - 0.56[90] Asia
30 DholeCuon alpinusCanidae10-21250.9 - 1.3 [91]1.45 [92]0.56Asia
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