One clip names both of them

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Eurasian badger outweighs Eurasian otter 1.5× — 11.9 kg against 7.8 kg.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

12 kg

🦡 Eurasian badger · COMBINE

7.81 kg

🦦 Eurasian otter · COMBINE

Body length

0.8 m

🦡 Eurasian badger · COMBINE

0.75 m

🦦 Eurasian otter · COMBINE

Maximum lifespan

19 yr

🦡 Eurasian badger · COMBINE

22 yr

🦦 Eurasian otter · 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 Mustelidae (family), home to 106 species.

They last shared an ancestor about 13 million years ago.

Estimates range from 11 to 15 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.

About this estimate

Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).