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Giant anteater
Myrmecophaga tridactyla
Mammals · Vulnerable
vs
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Cat
Felis catus
Carnivores
One clip names both of them
55,716 views between them.
Giant anteater outweighs Cat 7.6× — 29.5 kg against 3.9 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
30 kg
🐾 Giant anteater · COMBINE
3.9 kg
🐈 Cat · AnAge
Shoulder height
no figure yet
🐾 Giant anteater
0.26 m
🐈 Cat
Body length
1.51 m
🐾 Giant anteater · COMBINE
no figure yet
🐈 Cat
Maximum lifespan
32 yr
🐾 Giant anteater · COMBINE
30 yr
🐈 Cat · AnAge
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
Les animaux pris sur le vif
De vraies images des animaux de ce site — à la chasse, au combat, ou vaquant simplement à leurs occupations.
Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Theria (subclass), home to 9,319 species.
They last shared an ancestor about 87 million years ago.
Estimates range from 78 to 117 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.
About this estimate
Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).