🐃
Alpine ibex
Capra ibex
Mammals · Least concern
vs
🐺
Grey wolf
Canis lupus
Carnivores · Least concern
One clip names both of them
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Alpine ibex outweighs Grey wolf 2.6× — 77 kg against 29.2 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
77 kg
🐃 Alpine ibex · COMBINE
29 kg
🐺 Grey wolf · COMBINE
Shoulder height
no figure yet
🐃 Alpine ibex
0.73 m
🐺 Grey wolf
Body length
1.7 m
🐃 Alpine ibex · COMBINE
1.27 m
🐺 Grey wolf · COMBINE
Top speed
no figure yet
🐃 Alpine ibex
62 km/h
🐺 Grey wolf
Bite force
no figure yet
🐃 Alpine ibex
593 N
🐺 Grey wolf
Maximum lifespan
22 yr
🐃 Alpine ibex · COMBINE
29 yr
🐺 Grey wolf · COMBINE
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures. Bite force figures come from individual studies and vary a lot between sources.
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Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Laurasiatheria (superorder), home to 4,193 species.
They last shared an ancestor about 64 million years ago.
Estimates range from 58 to 76 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.
About this estimate
Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).