Fastest animals
The fastest land animal is the cheetah, which has a recorded speed of . The peregrine falcon is the fastest bird and the fastest member of the animal kingdom with a diving speed of . The fastest animal in the sea is the black marlin, which has a recorded speed of .
Sarah (cheetah)
Sarah, also known as Sahara, ( 2001 – 22 January 2016) was a female South African cheetah ("Acinonyx jubatus jubatus") that lived in the Cincinnati Zoo in Cincinnati, Ohio. Sarah was known as the world's fastest land mammal according to National Geographic magazine. She ran 100 meters in 5.95 seconds (more precisely, 5.954 seconds and up to 61 miles an hour (98 km/h)) in 2012 when she was 11 years old. She died on 22 January 2016 at the age of 15.