Paraceratherium, the Largest Land Mammal to Ever Live. 2 comments. Most people believe that the largest animals to ever exist on Earth were the dinosaurs. The status quo of mammalian superlatives is that the Eocene Even-toed ungulate Andrewsarchus mongoliensis is the largest known carnivorous mammal. save hide report. The largest mammal on Earth is also the largest animal to ever live on land or in the ocean, dwarfing even the largest Dinosaur, and is the Blue Whale. The largest land mammal that is ever known to have lived was Paraceratherium, also known as Indricotherium. Weighing a whopping 907 kg (1 ton) and reaching up to 10 ft (3 m) tall when standing on their hind legs, they’ve definitely earned their spot as the biggest. African Elephants can also reach a ripe old age of 70 years or so, which is the longest life span of any other land mammal … The largest known Odd-toed ungulate (perissodactyl), and the second-largest land mammal ever, was Indricotherium (also known as Paraceratherium). But the largest carnivore dinosaur (and land carnivore in general) ever to have existed was in fact Spinosaurus, whose remains were first discovered in 1910. Paraceratherium, the Largest Land Mammal to Ever Live. This thread is archived. However, one of the largest land dinosaurs, the sauropod Argentinosaurus , weighed … 36. The largest individual known was estimated at 4.8 meters (16 feet) tall at the shoulders, 8.0 meters (26.2 feet) in length from nose to rump, and 16-17 t (18-19 tons) in … 97% Upvoted. The exact size of Paraceratherium is unknown because of the incompleteness of the fossils. share. The African Bush Elephant is the largest land mammal in the world, and certainly an impressively large organism at up to 13 feet tall at the shoulder and up to 7 tons in weight. 15 Of The Biggest Animals To Have Ever Roamed The Planet. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Close. Archaeologists and scientists also uncover the fossils and remains of other animals that weren't dinosaurs, but may have been just as big as them. Posted by 11 months ago. The position of largest living land carnivore is shared between Brown Bears and Polar Bears. This animal can be described as a large hornless rhino with an elongated neck and head relative to its body. Archived.