🐺
Coyote
Canis latrans
Carnivores · Least concern
vs
🦦
Eurasian otter
Lutra lutra
Carnivores · Near threatened
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Coyote outweighs Eurasian otter 1.4× — 11.1 kg against 7.8 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
11 kg
🐺 Coyote · COMBINE
7.81 kg
🦦 Eurasian otter · COMBINE
Shoulder height
0.52 m
🐺 Coyote
no figure yet
🦦 Eurasian otter
Body length
0.91 m
🐺 Coyote · COMBINE
0.75 m
🦦 Eurasian otter · COMBINE
Maximum lifespan
22 yr
🐺 Coyote · COMBINE
22 yr
🦦 Eurasian otter · COMBINE
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
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Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Caniformia (suborder), home to 469 species.
They last shared an ancestor about 33 million years ago.
Estimates range from 28 to 40 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.
About this estimate
Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).