how many animals were on noah's ark

Noah’s Ark is described in Genesis as carrying two of every living land- dwelling creature that has the breath of life, with seven pairs of every kind of clean animal and flying creature. The commonly cited figure from biblical scholars and several apologetics sources places the total number of animals aboard around 6,744 under the two-of-each-kind plus seven-pairs-of-clean- animals framework. Different interpretations of what “kind” means and how many “clean” versus “unclean” varieties were included can shift this estimate somewhat, but the standard conservative calculation used by many evangelistic sources yields roughly 6,700 to 7,000 individual animals, excluding fish and many invertebrates. For a concise summary: two of every land-dwelling “kind” plus seven pairs of the clean kinds and birds, with an often-cited total around 6,744 animals.