🐕
Dog
Canis familiaris
Carnivores
vs
🐘
Elephant
Loxodonta africana
Mammals · Endangered
One clip names both of them
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Elephant outweighs Dog 110× — 4,565 kg against 40 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
40 kg
🐕 Dog · AnAge
4,565 kg
🐘 Elephant · COMBINE
Shoulder height
no figure yet
🐕 Dog
2.8 m
🐘 Elephant
Body length
no figure yet
🐕 Dog
7.5 m
🐘 Elephant · COMBINE
Top speed
no figure yet
🐕 Dog
25 km/h
🐘 Elephant
Maximum lifespan
27 yr
🐕 Dog · AnAge
80 yr
🐘 Elephant · COMBINE
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
חיות מול המצלמה
צילומים אמיתיים של החיות באתר – צדות, נלחמות, ופשוט ממשיכות בשלהן.
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).