3 Mammals That Are The Largest Members Of Their Families
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Күн бұрынOnly around 5% of animals on this planet are mammals but some of the largest animals on this planet are mammals. It's only natural to want to focus on these giant mammals but there are some other giants that don't get the attention that they deserve. There are some mammals that aren't giant in the conventional sense but are giants in their own world. I will be going through just a few of these animals in this video as i will be going through 3 mammals that are the largest members of their families.
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:32 The Largest Member Of The Porcupine Family
3:00 The Largest Member Of The Armadillo Family
5:18 The Largest Member Of The Squirrel Family
Animals Sizes:
Crested porcupine length: 90CM
Crested porcupine weight: 28KG
Giant armadillo length: 1M BODY AND 50CM TAIL
Giant armadillo weight: 54KG IN THE WILD (80KG IN CAPTIVITY)
Indian giant squirrel length: HEAD AND BODY LENGTH OF 50CM AND TAIL LENGTH OF 50CM
Indian giant squirrel weight: 3KG
Attributions
Giant squirrel images:
Rushen
www.flickr.com/photos/rushen/
(CC BY-SA 2.0)
Hari K Patibanda
www.flickr.com/photos/krishna...
(CC BY 2.0)
Porcupine footage:
praseodymi
/ @praseodymi
Porcupine images:
Bernard DUPONT
www.flickr.com/people/6569501...
(CC BY-SA 2.0)
Jason Thompson
www.flickr.com/photos/7949285...
(CC BY 2.0)
JanetandPhil
www.flickr.com/photos/dharma_...
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Jean-Pol GRANDMONT
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(CC BY-SA 3.0)
Wally Gobetz
www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Thomas Hardwicke (1755-1835)
ia800307.us.archive.org/%E2%8...
Liné1
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(CC BY-SA 3.0)
Quartl
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(CC BY-SA 3.0)
Naked mole rat footage:
Understanding Animal Research
/ @animalevidence
Crested porcupine distribution image:
NordNordWest
www.naturalearthdata.com/
(CC BY-SA 3.0 DE)
Armadillo images:
Pavel.Riha.CB at English Wikipedia
tomcat.bf.jcu.cz/rihapa01/Inde...
(CC BY-SA 3.0)
Exlibris~commonswiki
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(CC BY-SA 2.5)
John Cummings
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(CC BY-SA 3.0)
Allan Hopkins
www.flickr.com/photos/hoppy1951/
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Colorado State University Libraries
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110673471
(CC BY-SA 4.0)
Armadillo footage:
Bart Kowalski
vimeo.com/bartkowalski
CC BY-NC-ND
Andreas Kay
/ @andreaskay
JACAMAR CLUB - Birding in Action
/ @jacamarclubbirdingina...
Squirrel footage:
Studio SRT
/ @studiosrt
KGsivan Photography
/ channel
小林明弘Forestnaturevision
/ @forestnaturevision
Squirrel images:
Chad Horwedel
www.flickr.com/photos/chorwedel/
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Cephas
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(CC BY-SA 4.0)
Kelly Colgan Azar
www.flickr.com/photos/puttefin/
(CC BY-ND 2.0)
hedera.baltica
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(CC BY-SA 2.0)
Helen Rickard
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(CC BY-SA 2.0)
Chad Collins
www.flickr.com/photos/3008874...
(CC BY-SA 2.0)
Dhruvaraj S
www.flickr.com/photos/dhruvaraj/
(CC BY 2.0)
Arshad.ka5
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(CC BY-SA 4.0)
Gowthaman k.a
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(CC BY-SA 4.0)
Daniele Colombo
www.flickr.com/photos/1475013...
(CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
I have edited and adapted some of these clips and images.
Creative commons licences: creativecommons.org/licenses/
Thanks for watching i hope you enjoyed :)
@dinosaurkin5093 10 ай бұрын
My dad used to hunt and a porcupine scared him once. He was hunting Elk and while he sitting on top of a ridge line watching a group of them, he heard rustling behind him and saw a big brown shape. He thought it was bear at first, but he yelled and the porcupine just turned and walked off 😂. He said it was the worst jumpscare of his life.
@HuckleberryHim 10 ай бұрын
What a wholesome story about slaughtering wildlife for fun ♥ hahaha, hilarious. Did he force any bleeding elk to run from him in terror that day? That's always hilarious to me too! Love animals.
@xeykdeyk 10 ай бұрын
clown
@frowner_and_co 10 ай бұрын
@@HuckleberryHim, some people don't have enough money to buy food. I'm aware it's still cruel, and I love all animals, but sometimes people need to do what they do.
@joemungus6063 10 ай бұрын
@@HuckleberryHim you have 0 idea what hunting is
@joemungus6063 10 ай бұрын
@@frowner_and_co hunting isnt cruel, just killing animals for fun is but theres a lot more to hunting than just going out and shooting an animal
@user-rz9vb8vj5u 10 ай бұрын
This series is great You can add the opposite like smallest animals in their family
@TsukiCove 10 ай бұрын
i'm glad you like the series as it's fun to make and i'm sure ill get around to the smallest at some point :)
@YvetteArby 5 ай бұрын
@@TsukiCove Oh I’m so happy to hear this!! I’m really looking forward to seeing the smallest animals! ✌🏼💖
@Gildedmuse 10 ай бұрын
Fun fact: the best way to fight back is to stab your attacker in the face.
@yzettasmith4194 10 ай бұрын
Today I learned that the marmot is a type of squirrel. :)
@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 10 ай бұрын
Since you talked about the Indian giant squirrel, here's info on the red giant flying squirrel: While the Indian giant squirrel is found only in India, the red giant flying squirrel is found in a wide variety of forest-types, plantations and more open habitats with scattered trees, ranging from the Himalayas to central China and the Indonesian island of Java. The red giant flying squirrel usually travels between trees by long glides, up to at least 100 to 150 m (330 to 490 ft), reputedly even 450 m (1,480 ft). Most glides are no longer than 50 m (160 ft). They're largely nocturnal, starting its activity just before dusk and retreating at dawn. The day is typically spent in a hole in a tree that is 10 m (33 ft) or more above the ground. And regarding porcupines, I wanna point out that Old World porcupine quills don't have barbs, the New World ones do! Here's an Old World porcupine fact: The Philippines has their own species of porcupine called the Philippine porcupine. They are endemic to Palawan. It's known locally as durian or landak. Locally common to uncommon, the species is found in primary and secondary forest in the mountains and in the lowlands. This species also inhabits caves but is commonly found under tree buttresses or in rock crevices. It is sadly persecuted by farmers as pests in coconut plantations.
@ahmedshaharyarejaz9886 10 ай бұрын
Thanks for the Facts Kim!
@ahmedshaharyarejaz9886 10 ай бұрын
A Few years ago in my native Pakistan a woman spotted a Giant Flying Squirrel gliding at Dusk in the Northern Mountains, it caused quite a stir because she thought it was a demon 😅.
@rajath275 10 ай бұрын
@@ahmedshaharyarejaz9886was she thinking of Imran khan when she spotted the squirrel? 😂😂
@ahmedshaharyarejaz9886 10 ай бұрын
@rajath275 Yes she was bro, after all the Giant Flying Squirrel is a very handsome beast.
@Sgtassburgler 9 ай бұрын
All porcupines have barbs. Don't share facts if they aren't facts. The cuticle of the spines faces towards the root of the quill just like in new world porcupines. You can only see it with a microscope in new world and old world porcupines. This cuticle facing the root is the barbing in both species. It just so happens there are many sources of misinformation about this on the internet it seems. So I see how you got misinformed in the first place. www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=jurnalbiologi.perbiol.or.id/storage/journal/2776f4cd-ea3b-4700-844c-36ccc16eb6ef/journal-22042021074223.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjW9avYhYSBAxWclWoFHTMZDQk4ChAWegQICBAB&usg=AOvVaw1YQH_GqGfWQD0PFJQ7HaIi
@VelociraptorGen2 10 ай бұрын
Fascinating video
@TsukiCove 10 ай бұрын
thanks for the support i appreciate it :)
@kambouie8745 10 ай бұрын
I would looove to see an episode on fishes >:)
@TsukiCove 10 ай бұрын
i'll probably get around to it in the future :)
@sohopedeco 10 ай бұрын
The mascot of the 2014 Worldcup was a Brazilian three-banded armadillo.
@YvetteArby 5 ай бұрын
Yes, I have the sticker book with stickers of them! That really was a great World Cup!! I’ll never forget Robin van Persie’s header nor the street mural of him doing that header. ✌🏼💖⚽️
@daliborjovanovic510 10 ай бұрын
Giant glyptodonts are actually no more ancient than living armadillos. Although they've been around for some 48 million years, glyptodonts didn't really start reaching massive sizes (1-2 tons) until the Pliocene-Pleistocene (5 million to 10,000 years ago), and the true giants like Glyptodon, Glyptotherium, and Doedicurus lived long enough to encounter the first Native Americans, and we even have evidence of human predation.
@randomusername3873 10 ай бұрын
Since you asked, a video about ungulates would be amazing in my opinion😊
@a4blackjaguar965 10 ай бұрын
That was cool you should make a part two. Also, did you know that new world porcupine quills are even barbed, making it even more impossible to remove them without tearing out your own flesh.
@TsukiCove 10 ай бұрын
i'll make it a series as i enjoy making the vids and yeah it's brutal especially for the predators that get quilled in the face
@a4blackjaguar965 10 ай бұрын
@@TsukiCove Yeah lol
@adreabrooks11 10 ай бұрын
Only New World porcupines have barbed quills. With Old World porcupines, all you need to worry about is getting a handful of pointy objects the size of pencils rammed into you. ^^;
@Rafael-tc3eu 10 ай бұрын
I saw an armadillo on my first day in Panama. It was a 7 banded.
@user-rz9vb8vj5u 10 ай бұрын
These are some ideas for your future videos 1.most ancient animals(mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians,) species that still alive today. 2.animals that are the only survival of it species/family. 3. animals with special abilities that fictional.
@aquadragondavanin6745 9 ай бұрын
i would love to see the largest mustelid in your next video of this topic! also a smallest of each family would be really cool!
@Solomon0424 10 ай бұрын
A nice addition to the largest species within a mammal family: Largest Lagomorph: Arctic Hare (Lepus arcticus) (max weight: 15 lbs) Largest Viverrid: Binturong (Arctictis binturong) (Average weight: 20-30 lbs) and Largest Hamster: European Hamster (Cricetus cricetus) ( Average Weight: 300-400 grams)
@thetechnerd7467 10 ай бұрын
I love this channel so much. I am learning a lot, thank you
@oliverm7138 10 ай бұрын
Can you do a video on domesticated species becoming feral or a video on the bird flu epidemic in the UK? Also great video I enjoy your content keep it up!
@TsukiCove 10 ай бұрын
Yeah the bird flu is such a nasty illness for the birds and it's a very important issue but i don't really know how to fit it into a video. i was planning on doing a video on wild animals that we have domesticated so that's similar i guess.
@oliverm7138 10 ай бұрын
@TsukiCove Yeah I've seen how bad it is across the UK I could email you some photographs if you would like of some of the birds I have found
@funnyxusername 10 ай бұрын
Amazing vid! Also thanks for making cool animal videos without clickbait in them!
@dinky-diaussie9007 10 ай бұрын
Do a video on the marsupial family Dasyuridae / the Tiger Quoll the Tasmanian Devil and the Brush- tailed phascogale
@FieniX_ 8 ай бұрын
I had absolutely no idea that any porcupine could weigh that much!! Roughly 62lbs…? Crazy!
@johntodd3910 10 ай бұрын
Nice Do one of animals with the largest migration Wildebeest Grey whale Arctic tern Caribou Also one with animals that you’ll often see in Kruger National park Cape buffalo White rhino Black rhino African elephant leopard Lion Blue wildebeest Plains zebra Nile crocodile Puff adder Rock python Blue crane Ostrich South African dove 😅
@hmtmth8481 10 ай бұрын
I recommend this book to you: "The Evolution Underground: Burrows, Bunkers, and the Marvelous Subterranean World Beneath Our Feet" by Anthony J. Martin.
@karollipowski4 10 ай бұрын
Fun fact for fellow europeans in europe lives the largest hamster in the world the european hamster Sadly this hamster is at the brink of extinction
@MuaadElSharif 10 ай бұрын
In Libya we have the Crested Porcupine and we call it: Night Lion. As a reference to its size and defensive style.
@nilanjanachatterjee9023 10 ай бұрын
Excellent video
@paulschofield985 10 ай бұрын
I’ve seen a Giant tree squirrel 🐿 in Borneo, it’s was about the size of a rabbit.. Not as big as the Indian variant but still absolutely huge for what it is..
@anniehill9909 10 ай бұрын
What glorious scenery in your clip of India! Another really interesting video. You didn't tell us the range of the Giant Armadillo - or I missed it. 😊
@petermontoya1796 9 ай бұрын
New sub here. Great job. I would love to see a video on Walruses. TY
@Eidolon1andOnly 10 ай бұрын
Now do the smallest animals of their families.
@Liberatorx13 10 ай бұрын
Can you do rhinos? They’re my favorite animal. Also how is Arnie?
@martijn3015 10 ай бұрын
3:24 got me back to my youth like "Who's that pokemon?" 😂
@MrDuck420 10 ай бұрын
Ducks are the biggest
@TsukiCove 10 ай бұрын
i forgot i'm sorry you're right
@hollyodii5969 10 ай бұрын
That giant armadillo; it’s crazy!
@CarleyGoshaw28 10 ай бұрын
Man, I was hoping to see the Capybara 😭💜
@stevewilliams3850 10 ай бұрын
Tsuki : What about the American fox squirrel? It is a large squirrel in the United States.
@maevblog9955 10 ай бұрын
Hello
@TsukiCove 10 ай бұрын
hey hey :)
@isaiahmcguire1822 10 ай бұрын
People seem to exclude the Viverridae family, with the largest being the binturong
@evelynlamoy8483 10 ай бұрын
weird that you mentioned old world porcupines being from europe, africa, and the indian subcontinent when they are also present throughout asia.
@GibbonLord 10 ай бұрын
Maybe lizards that take care of their young could be a interesting video
@Redneckkratos 10 ай бұрын
7:56 I say someone comes in and reclassifies Arnie into his own family of canidae because he’d certainly be the biggest member
@shannonspage9360 9 ай бұрын
02:08 poor leopard looks like it is hating life at that moment. 😊
@channeljusttocommentwith3165 9 ай бұрын
I think you could add Giant River Otter
@shadowking1795 10 ай бұрын
If you do a part two of this can you add snakes? Because I have trouble remembering which one is the largest, is it the Burmese python, is it the boa constrictor, I struggle and I heed the truth!
@lannytjahja8756 10 ай бұрын
fun fact:giant hummingbird are the largest hummingbirds
@Pollenoverponds 10 ай бұрын
Rabbits, weasels, racoons, and deer!
@Crakinator 10 ай бұрын
I got a good video idea, “3 more mammals that are the largest member of their families”
@brendandarkside1207 10 ай бұрын
How about Bats and how far back they are related to rodents (its way way back)
@bonesawmcgraw9728 10 ай бұрын
What’s your favorite kind of meats?
@terrycogan9908 10 ай бұрын
How about the comparison of the Indian and African elephants...maybe adding tapirs...
@brelouum 9 ай бұрын
new world porcupines are sm cuter
@BoogalyTheGreat 10 ай бұрын
what type of animal was that at the end!!!??!?
@NorthForkFisherman 10 ай бұрын
There's a "Yo Mama" joke just waiting to happen.
@twilightgardenspresentatio6384 10 ай бұрын
Are the squirrels just forgetting the seeds or are they not able to return for some predatory reason?
@instinct1128 10 ай бұрын
“The old world porcupine is slightly larger on average and the largest porcupine is an old world porcupine”
@iseriver3982 10 ай бұрын
Old world and new world porcupine aren't in the same family. New world porcupine are more related to capybara (you know, giant rodents) than they are to old world porcupine. Apart from the squirrels (which apparently can't be hunted by birds, mammals or snakes in trees) none of the animals mentioned are part of the same family.
@jo-mi4966 10 ай бұрын
Please use a de-esser on you audio!!!
@dahmc59 10 ай бұрын
Hold up just a darned minute... you have not witnessed the Fox Squirrell of South Carolina. They are huge and can look like a mutated racoon.
@jonahfalcon1970 10 ай бұрын
I'm the one of my species with the largest member. I went there. 🎉
@DanielWatson-vv7cd 10 ай бұрын
Wombat vs Ground Hog, who would win?
@jurgeysamuel 10 ай бұрын
I would like giant squirrels running through my backyard
@jurgeysamuel 10 ай бұрын
Much like the common canine, my attention span was quickly diminished as you took too long to get to the squirrel
@tdata545 9 ай бұрын
The only time I see Armadillo is as roadkill by me. Or that one time, I saw one gassed. But I've never seen a live armadillo.
@The-Black-Death 10 ай бұрын
What about Wolverines? They're the biggest in the Weasel family.
@davidgantenbein9362 9 ай бұрын
I didn’t know that there are porcupines in Italy.
@dazedfaze3801 10 ай бұрын
Weird fact: Giant armadillos of South America will sometimes prey on baby lambs if they can.
@carllawrencedefiesta8603 10 ай бұрын
Id would be nice if livebearers
@rollotomasislawyer3405 10 ай бұрын
Giant Anteater
@BruceVial 10 ай бұрын
As a 34 year man, I know now house to spell “porky-pines” properly now :p
@davidvento5481 10 ай бұрын
Armadillo = Turtle Bunny
@krissaberhagen 10 ай бұрын
lol the squirrels forgot where they buried their nuts
@skan7677 3 ай бұрын
You allways say that: its a very important part of the ecosistem. Can you make a video about the ones that are not really important?
@barrettfenwick8028 3 ай бұрын
5:48 Do they forget? Or are they investing in their children's future? ;P
@LordMondegrene 10 ай бұрын
Pangolins!
@hermestrismegistos9152 10 ай бұрын
Have u seen big ounce?
@WatchingTrainsGoBy-PassingTime 10 ай бұрын
Bonus animal: Rosie O'donnell
@JAFKennedy 10 ай бұрын
It would be nice if you could include your measurements in inches , feet , onces , & pounds , please !
@Eidolon1andOnly 10 ай бұрын
He did. It's on screen.
@potatoponey567 10 ай бұрын
Wait a minute.... How do porcupines even have sex???
@logmonkeyr32vr7 10 ай бұрын
Weasel family. ;)
@mistersir3020 10 ай бұрын
How difficult is it to look up the correct plural of _genus_ if your entire channel is about zoology It's beyond me to understand
@hdhil3137 10 ай бұрын
Im going to tell people about these mammals but add the 4th one for whales and let a yo mama joke out
@Jessica-ct8uv 10 ай бұрын
Blue whale and outer belean whales put I’m you hex vedo
@tyrannozilla1 10 ай бұрын
the largest cetacean is the blue whale🐋
@garymilne6250 8 ай бұрын
Capybara rool the gods are capybara I ❤ capybara and foxes like silver Cape fennec marble grey red kit cross and more because I now more I wash most of all Thore video 😂😂😂
@The_InfantMalePollockFrancis 10 ай бұрын
Why say some of the largest? The largest are all mammals except for whale sharks.
@tundrataiga5100 10 ай бұрын
Why do i hear mamuls not mammals 😅
@jr-wv4qw 10 ай бұрын
Why isn’t Lizzo on here?
@fenrirgg 10 ай бұрын
What if when people and monekys go extinct the squirrels become the new intelligent species? A new civilization made of squirrels, but sucks for them because humans got most of the petroleum by then, their civilization will need to flourish with charcoal maybe ahah
@mjkhan9664 10 ай бұрын
Just wanna make a small correction, it's New World Porcupines that have the barbed quills. Old World porcupines have larger quills that can stab deep in flesh, but they are UNbarbed
@pixelatedgrass7528 9 ай бұрын
this but it's just a slideshow with pictures of your mom
@normanred9212 9 ай бұрын
Nearly all poaching is done by nonWestern peoples
@PahadiSher 9 ай бұрын
because the westerners already killed of their own fauna.😂
@Mooffgamesgamer 10 ай бұрын
Fun fact: The Philippines have their own species of Porcupine.
@mattm4600 10 ай бұрын
5% 😂 its no where near that probably less tgan 0.001%
@SPQRcat 10 ай бұрын
And of course, your mother.
@mistersir3020 10 ай бұрын
Also liven up your voice, it's depressing
@nuzzlewuzzle5749 9 ай бұрын
Your mom
@Maverick_Armwrestling 10 ай бұрын
Coming in at Number 1, in the Hippo 🦛 Family, LIZZO
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