🐃
Common eland
Taurotragus oryx
Mammals · Least concern
vs
🐆
Big cats
Pantherinae
Mammals
average across the group
One clip names both of them
45 views between them.
Common eland outweighs Big cats 5.4× — 500 kg against 92 kg. Both figures are averages across males and females.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
500 kg
🐃 Common eland · AnAge
92 kg
🐆 Big cats · group average
Shoulder height
no figure yet
🐃 Common eland
0.82 m
🐆 Big cats · group average
Body length
no figure yet
🐃 Common eland
1.79 m
🐆 Big cats · group average
Top speed
no figure yet
🐃 Common eland
56 km/h
🐆 Big cats · group average
Bite force
no figure yet
🐃 Common eland
1,194 N
🐆 Big cats · group average
Maximum lifespan
26 yr
🐃 Common eland · AnAge
27 yr
🐆 Big cats · group average
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures. Bite force figures come from individual studies and vary a lot between sources.
Eläimet kameran edessä
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Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Laurasiatheria (superorder), home to 4,193 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.