Table 1.

Top 10 contributors to global wild land mammal biomass, ranked by total species biomass. These 10 species represent ≈40% of the estimated global wild land mammal biomass, with white-tailed deer alone contributing ≈10% of the estimated global wild land mammal biomass.

Rank	Name	Binomial name	Total species mass (Mt)	Individuals (millions)
1	White-tailed deer	Odocoileus virginianus	2.7	45
2	Wild boar*,†	Sus scrofa	1.9	30
3	African savanna elephant	Loxodonta africana	1.3	0.5
4	Eastern gray kangaroo	Macropus giganteus	0.6	20
5	Mule deer	Odocoileus hemionus	0.5	7
6	Moose	Alces alces	0.5	1.5
7	Red deer	Cervus elaphus	0.5	2
8	European roe deer	Capreolus capreolus	0.4	20
9	Red kangaroo	Macropus rufus	0.4	10
10	Common warthog*	Phacochoerus africanus	0.3	5

^*Species estimated using Support Vector Regression model.

^†Including S. scrofa in Australia and North America, commonly known as feral pigs.