🐘
Elephant
Loxodonta africana
Mammals · Endangered
vs
🧍
Human
Homo sapiens
Primates · Least concern
36 clips name both of them
66 million views between them.
Elephant outweighs Human 74× — 4,565 kg against 62 kg.
To scale
Grid at 1 m
1 m
2 m
3 m
Silhouettes: PhyloPic (CC0).
Elephant
2.80 m
at the shoulder
Human
1.70 m
full standing height
Tale of the tape
Body mass
4,565 kg
🐘 Elephant · COMBINE
62 kg
🧍 Human · AnAge
Shoulder height
2.8 m
🐘 Elephant
no figure yet
🧍 Human
Body length
7.5 m
🐘 Elephant · COMBINE
no figure yet
🧍 Human
Top speed
25 km/h
🐘 Elephant
38 km/h
🧍 Human
Bite force
no figure yet
🐘 Elephant
843 N
🧍 Human
Maximum lifespan
80 yr
🐘 Elephant · COMBINE
123 yr
🧍 Human · AnAge
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures. Bite force figures come from individual studies and vary a lot between sources.
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 91 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).