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Capybara outweighs Eastern gray squirrel 95× — 51.6 kg against 0.5 kg.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

52 kg

🐹 Capybara · COMBINE

0.54 kg

🐿️ Eastern gray squirrel · COMBINE

Shoulder height

0.57 m

🐹 Capybara

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🐿️ Eastern gray squirrel

Body length

1.25 m

🐹 Capybara · COMBINE

0.32 m

🐿️ Eastern gray squirrel · COMBINE

Maximum lifespan

15 yr

🐹 Capybara · COMBINE

24 yr

🐿️ Eastern gray squirrel · COMBINE

Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.

Animales captados por la cámara

Imágenes reales de los animales de este sitio: cazando, peleando y haciendo su vida.

Shared ancestry

The closest group they share is Rodentia (order), home to 3,407 species.

They last shared an ancestor about 62 million years ago.

Estimates range from 56 to 73 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.

About this estimate

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