Largest Extinct Animals In The World. We're kinda glad we don't have to face off against them. The largest terrestrial mammal in the world is the african elephant which by temperament is one of the most extroverted animals under the sun.
Also known as the ‘penguin of the north’, the great auk was a large, flightless bird. The world has been blessed with some of the most beautiful, unique and rare species of birds, mammals and insects. Not only is it extinct in britain, but also right across the world.
The tiny vaquita porpoise, which is less than 30 left in the world, will likely go extinct in the next few years.
The caspian tiger or persian tiger was the westernmost subspecies of tiger, found in iran, iraq, afghanistan, turkey, mongolia, kazakhstan, caucasus, tajikistan, turkmenistan and uzbekistan until it apparently became extinct in the 1970s. The largest living ape, the western gorilla, weighs in at a respectable 370 pounds. The sea has no monopoly on the largest creatures in the world. Areas off the california coast hold the densest population.
