Earth's Land Mammals by Weight

Randall Munroe rounds ‘em up. Spoiler: Wild mammals barely make an appearance.

Being only about mammals, this is obviously biased. (Including insects, for example, would change the picture dramatically, as would bacteria, which Munroe notes in the image’s title tag.) But it does say something about our preference for similar forms of life, both for consumption and companionship.

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