🐹
Capybara
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
Mammals · Least concern
vs
🐭
Guinea pig
Cavia porcellus
Mammals · Not evaluated
One clip names both of them
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Capybara outweighs Guinea pig 71× — 51.6 kg against 0.7 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
52 kg
🐹 Capybara · COMBINE
0.73 kg
🐭 Guinea pig · AnAge
Shoulder height
0.57 m
🐹 Capybara
no figure yet
🐭 Guinea pig
Body length
1.25 m
🐹 Capybara · COMBINE
no figure yet
🐭 Guinea pig
Maximum lifespan
15 yr
🐹 Capybara · COMBINE
12 yr
🐭 Guinea pig · AnAge
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
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Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Hystricomorpha (suborder), home to 353 species.
They last shared an ancestor about 17 million years ago.
Estimates range from 15 to 21 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.
About this estimate
Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).