12. African Elephant
Biggest specimen recorded: up to 24 feet length and 11 ft height
The African elephant is one of the biggest land animals in the world found alive. It’s one of the largest land mammals. As far as it was recently recorded, Satao, the largest African tusker was killed in 2014. He was one of the largest specimens with largest tusks in the world, which were more than 6.5 feet long! He lived in Kenya and was around 45 years old.