One clip names both of them

516,518 views between them.

Canadian beaver outweighs Groundhog 5.8× — 19.9 kg against 3.4 kg.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

20 kg

🦫 Canadian beaver · COMBINE

3.41 kg

🐿️ Groundhog · COMBINE

Body length

0.78 m

🦫 Canadian beaver · COMBINE

0.51 m

🐿️ Groundhog · COMBINE

Maximum lifespan

23 yr

🦫 Canadian beaver · COMBINE

14 yr

🐿️ Groundhog · COMBINE

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 Rodentia (order), home to 3,407 species.

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