10th
photo credit:Caracal by Gopal Vijayaraghavan 
Caracal
- Maximum weight
- 23kg
- Scientific name
- Caracal caracal
- Taxonomy
- Genus:Caracal
- Range
- West Asia, Africa
"Ranking"List
TOP 10 Beautiful Birds
10th
photo credit:Southern Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicoides) by Ron Knight
Southern carmine bee-eater (+other Meropidae)
- Scientific name
- Merops nubicoides
- Taxonomy
- Family:Meropidae
- Genus:Merops
- Range
- Africa,Arabian Peninsula
Top 10 Longest Whale
10th
Rare bryde's whale in California
Bryde’s whale
- Maximum length
- 15.5m (51ft)
- Scientific name
- Balaenoptera brydei
- Taxonomy
- Family:RorqualBalaenopteridae
- Genus:Balaenoptera
- Range
- Tropical to Temperate Ocean
Top 5 Largest Turtle (Fresh water turtle edition)
5th
Image Citation Meta:Turtle Survival Alliance
Crowned river turtle
- Maximum Carapace Length
- 61cm (2ft)
- Scientific name
- Herdella thurjii
- Taxonomy
- Family:Geoemydidae
- Genus:Herdella
- Range
- South Asia
Top 5 Largest Turtle (Soft-shelled turtle edition)
5th
Image Citation Meta:World Chelonian Trust
Bibron’s giant softshell turtle
- Maximum Carapace Length
- 102cm (3.3ft)
- Scientific name
- Pelochelys bibroni
- Taxonomy
- Family:Trionychidae
- Genus:Pelochelys
- Range
- New Guinea Island