qT=1&tQ=Besides the elephant, which animal is the heaviest land animal?&tC=The hippopotamus|The monkey|The rhinoceros|The wildebeest&cC=1&fB=The hippopotamus is, next to the elephant, the heaviest of all land animals.  It may weigh as much as 8,000 pounds (3,629 kg) and is also a close relative of the pig.