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Dog outweighs Eurasian otter 5.1× — 40 kg against 7.8 kg.

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Body mass

40 kg

🐕 Dog · AnAge

7.81 kg

🦦 Eurasian otter · COMBINE

Body length

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🐕 Dog

0.75 m

🦦 Eurasian otter · COMBINE

Maximum lifespan

27 yr

🐕 Dog · AnAge

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).