Index / Giants
Category
Giants
Elephants, whales, rhinos — the largest animals alive. Enormous in body, and often far fewer in number than you'd think.
№ 001
Giles Laurent · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Thomas Breuer · CC BY 2.5 
Yathin S Krishnappa · CC BY-SA 3.0 
NOAA Photo Library · Public domain 
Thomas Fuhrmann · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Muhammad Mahdi Karim · CC BY-SA 4.0 
AfricanConservation · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Giles Laurent · CC BY-SA 4.0
African Savanna Elephant
Loxodonta africana
EN · Endangered
№ 002African Forest Elephant
Loxodonta cyclotis
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 003Asian Elephant
Elephas maximus
EN · Endangered
№ 004Blue Whale
Balaenoptera musculus
EN · Endangered
№ 005Giraffe
Giraffa camelopardalis
VU · Vulnerable
№ 006Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus amphibius
VU · Vulnerable
№ 007Black Rhino
Diceros bicornis
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 008White Rhino
Ceratotherium simum
NT · Near Threatened