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Invertebrates Animals [Top]

Animal Name Maximum speed (km/h)
Horsefly 145
Members of Loliginidae and Ommastrephidae 36
Paratarsotomus macropalpis 22 cm/s
Tiger beetle 6.8





Fish Animals [Top]

Animal Name Maximum speed (km/h)
Black marlin 132
Sailfish 109.19
Swordfish 97
Yellowfin tuna 76
Shortfin mako shark 72





Amphibians Animals [Top]

Animal Name Maximum speed (km/h)
Nauta salamander 24.14





Reptiles Animals [Top]

Animal Name Maximum speed (km/h)
Perentie 40.23
Green Iguana 35.41
Leatherback sea turtle 35.28
Costa Rican spiny-tailed iguana 34.6
Six-lined racerunner 28.97
Black mamba 22.53
Komodo dragon 20.92





Birds Animals [Top]

Animal Name Maximum speed (km/h)
Peregrine falcon 389
Golden eagle 240–320
White-throated needletail 169
Eurasian hobby 160
Frigatebird 153
Rock dove (pigeon) 148.9
Spur-winged goose 142
Red-breasted merganser 129
Gyrfalcon 128
Grey-headed albatross 127
Anna's hummingbird 98.27
Ostrich 96.6





Mammals Animals [Top]

Animal Maximum speed (km/h)
Mexican free-tailed bat 160
Cheetah 109.4 to 120.7
Pronghorn 88.5
Springbok 88
Wildebeest 80.5
Lion 80.5
Blackbuck 80
Thomson's gazelle 80
Hare 80
Jackrabbit 72
African wild dog 71
Kangaroo 71
American Quarter Horse 70.76
Greyhound (dog) 70
Onager 70
Coyote 65
Big brown bat 64
Common dolphin 64
Zebra 64
Tiger 64
Hyena 60
Human 20.81 to 47.56
Wombat 40





other Animals [Top]

Animal Name Maximum speed (km/h)
Peregrine falcon 389
Golden eagle 240 to 320
White-throated needletail swift 169
Eurasian hobby 160
Mexican free-tailed bat 160
Frigatebird 153
Rock dove (pigeon) 148.9
Spur-winged goose 142
Gyrfalcon 128
Grey-headed albatross 127
Cheetah 109.4 to 120.7
Sailfish 109.19
Anna's hummingbird 98.27
Swordfish 97
Ostrich 96.6
Pronghorn 88.5
Springbok 88
Quarter Horse 88.5
Blue wildebeest 80.5
Lion 80.5
Blackbuck 80






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