🐆
Cheetah
Acinonyx jubatus
Carnivores · Vulnerable
vs
🐃
Greater kudu
Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Mammals · Least concern
One clip names both of them
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Greater kudu outweighs Cheetah 4.1× — 206 kg against 50.6 kg. Both figures are averages across males and females.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
51 kg
🐆 Cheetah · COMBINE
206 kg
🐃 Greater kudu · COMBINE
Shoulder height
0.8 m
🐆 Cheetah
no figure yet
🐃 Greater kudu
Body length
1.49 m
🐆 Cheetah · COMBINE
2.33 m
🐃 Greater kudu · COMBINE
Top speed
104 km/h
🐆 Cheetah
no figure yet
🐃 Greater kudu
Bite force
472 N
🐆 Cheetah
no figure yet
🐃 Greater kudu
Maximum lifespan
20 yr
🐆 Cheetah · COMBINE
23 yr
🐃 Greater kudu · COMBINE
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures. Bite force figures come from individual studies and vary a lot between sources.
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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).