🦦
Eurasian otter
Lutra lutra
Carnivores · Near threatened
vs
🐺
Grey wolf
Canis lupus
Carnivores · Least concern
One clip names both of them
806 views between them.
Grey wolf outweighs Eurasian otter 3.7× — 29.2 kg against 7.8 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
7.81 kg
🦦 Eurasian otter · COMBINE
29 kg
🐺 Grey wolf · COMBINE
Shoulder height
no figure yet
🦦 Eurasian otter
0.73 m
🐺 Grey wolf
Body length
0.75 m
🦦 Eurasian otter · COMBINE
1.27 m
🐺 Grey wolf · COMBINE
Top speed
no figure yet
🦦 Eurasian otter
62 km/h
🐺 Grey wolf
Bite force
no figure yet
🦦 Eurasian otter
593 N
🐺 Grey wolf
Maximum lifespan
22 yr
🦦 Eurasian otter · COMBINE
29 yr
🐺 Grey wolf · COMBINE
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 Caniformia (suborder), home to 469 species.
They last shared an ancestor about 33 million years ago.
Estimates range from 28 to 40 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.
About this estimate
Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).