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Dog outweighs House mouse 1950× — 40 kg against 0 kg.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

40 kg

🐕 Dog · AnAge

0.02 kg

🐭 House mouse · COMBINE

Body length

no figure yet

🐕 Dog

0.1 m

🐭 House mouse · COMBINE

Maximum lifespan

27 yr

🐕 Dog · AnAge

6 yr

🐭 House mouse · COMBINE

Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.

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Shared ancestry

The closest group they share is Theria (subclass), home to 9,319 species.

They last shared an ancestor about 81 million years ago.

Estimates range from 74 to 89 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.

About this estimate

Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).