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Bornean orangutan outweighs Emperor penguin 1.8× — 58.9 kg against 33.6 kg.

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Body mass

59 kg

🦧 Bornean orangutan · COMBINE

34 kg

🐧 Emperor penguin · AVONET

Body length

1.2 m

🦧 Bornean orangutan · COMBINE

1.15 m

🐧 Emperor penguin · SeaLifeBase

Maximum lifespan

60 yr

🦧 Bornean orangutan · COMBINE

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🐧 Emperor penguin

Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.

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Shared ancestry

The closest group they share is Tetrapoda (superclass), home to 51,389 species.

We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.