🦎
American alligator
Alligator mississippiensis
Reptiles · Least concern
vs
🦡
Giant otter
Pteronura brasiliensis
Carnivores · Endangered
One clip names both of them
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American alligator outweighs Giant otter 6.3× — 150 kg against 24 kg. Both figures are averages across males and females.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
150 kg
🦎 American alligator · AnAge
24 kg
🦡 Giant otter · COMBINE
Body length
4.6 m
🦎 American alligator · ReptTraits
1.27 m
🦡 Giant otter · COMBINE
Maximum lifespan
77 yr
🦎 American alligator · AnAge
17 yr
🦡 Giant otter · COMBINE
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
카메라에 담긴 동물들
이 사이트에 실린 동물들의 실제 영상 — 사냥하고, 싸우고, 그냥 하루를 살아가는 모습까지 담았어요.
Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Tetrapoda (superclass), home to 51,389 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.