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Dromedary outweighs Eurasian otter 56× — 434 kg against 7.8 kg. Both figures are averages across males and females.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

434 kg

🐃 Dromedary · AnAge

7.81 kg

🦦 Eurasian otter · COMBINE

Shoulder height

1.9 m

🐃 Dromedary

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🦦 Eurasian otter

Body length

no figure yet

🐃 Dromedary

0.75 m

🦦 Eurasian otter · COMBINE

Maximum lifespan

28 yr

🐃 Dromedary · 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 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).