One clip names both of them

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False killer whale outweighs Common bottlenose dolphin 5.9× — 1,360 kg against 230 kg.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

230 kg

🐬 Common bottlenose dolphin · COMBINE

1,360 kg

🐬 False killer whale · COMBINE

Body length

3.63 m

🐬 Common bottlenose dolphin · COMBINE

6.1 m

🐬 False killer whale · COMBINE

Maximum lifespan

53 yr

🐬 Common bottlenose dolphin · COMBINE

62 yr

🐬 False killer whale · COMBINE

Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.

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Shared ancestry

The closest group they share is Delphinidae (family), home to 60 species.

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