<page_title> Fastest animals </page_title> <section_title> Invertebrates </section_title> <table> <cell> Paratarsotomus macropalpis <col_header> Animal </col_header> </cell> <cell> 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). <col_header> Notes </col_header> </cell> </table>
The fastest organism on earth, relative to its body length, is the South Californian mite, Paratarsotomus macropalpis, which has a speed of 322 body lengths per second.