🐘
Elephant
Loxodonta africana
Mammals · Endangered
vs
🦛
Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus amphibius
Mammals · Vulnerable
14 clips name both of them
14 million views between them.
Elephant outweighs Hippopotamus 1.7× — 4,565 kg against 2,640 kg.
To scale
Grid at 1 m
1 m
2 m
3 m
Silhouettes: PhyloPic (CC0).
Elephant
2.80 m
at the shoulder
Human
1.70 m
full standing height
for scale
Hippopotamus
1.47 m
at the shoulder
Tale of the tape
Body mass
4,565 kg
🐘 Elephant · COMBINE
2,640 kg
🦛 Hippopotamus · COMBINE
Shoulder height
2.8 m
🐘 Elephant
1.47 m
🦛 Hippopotamus
Body length
7.5 m
🐘 Elephant · COMBINE
5.05 m
🦛 Hippopotamus · COMBINE
Top speed
25 km/h
🐘 Elephant
24 km/h
🦛 Hippopotamus
Maximum lifespan
80 yr
🐘 Elephant · COMBINE
61 yr
🦛 Hippopotamus · COMBINE
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
حيوانات أمام الكاميرا
مقاطع حقيقية لحيوانات هذا الموقع — تصطاد، وتتقاتل، وتمضي في حياتها.
Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Theria (subclass), home to 9,319 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.