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.

カメラがとらえた動物たち

このサイトに登場する動物の実際の映像——狩り、けんか、そしてふだんの暮らしぶりまでそろっています。

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.