<Tr> <Td> African elephant </Td> <Td> 7000692912000000000 ♠ 24.9 km / h (15.5 mph) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Animal </Th> <Th> Maximum recorded speed </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Horsefly </Td> <Td> 145 km / h (90 mph) </Td> <Td> The pursuit maneuver used by male Hybomitra hinei wrighti, measured by interpolation of slow - motion cinematography . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Members of Loliginidae and Ommastrephidae </Td> <Td> 36 km / h (22 mph) </Td> <Td> Many of these species "fly" out of the water to escape danger . The Japanese flying squid can glide for 3 seconds over 30 metres . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Paratarsotomus macropalpis </Td> <Td> ~ 22 cm / s or 800 m / h (8.7 in / s or 0.51 mph) </Td> <Td> 0.7 mm long mite endemic to Southern California, tracked running up to 322 body lengths per second, equivalent to a human running at around 2,092 km / h (1,300 mph). It can withstand temperatures of 60 ° C (140 ° F), which are lethal to many animals . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tiger beetle </Td> <Td> 6.8 km / h (4.2 mph) </Td> <Td> The Australian tiger beetle Cicindela eburneola, is one of the fastest running insects in the world relative to body size, which has been recorded at 6.8 km / h (4.2 mph) or 171 body lengths per second . It can fly at a speed of 27 mph </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Animal </Th> <Th> Maximum recorded speed </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Horsefly </Td> <Td> 145 km / h (90 mph) </Td> <Td> The pursuit maneuver used by male Hybomitra hinei wrighti, measured by interpolation of slow - motion cinematography . </Td> </Tr>

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