Book 20, Question 67
What Is the Highest-Living Animal on Earth?
The highest-living animal on Earth is a tiny jumping spider! It has been found at about 22,000 feet on Mount Everest, higher than any other known animal that lives there all year. It is smaller than a pea.
More fun facts
- The Andean leaf-eared mouse is the highest-living mammal known.
- It can live about 22,000 feet above sea level in the Andes.
- Scientists used to think large-eared pikas held the record.
- Those pikas live up to about 20,100 feet in the Himalayas.
- No other mammal is known to survive as high as the mouse.
Sources: Smithsonian Magazine
Questions kids ask
How high does the leaf-eared mouse live?
About 22,000 feet above sea level in the Andes.