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Giant otter
Pteronura brasiliensis
Carnivores · Endangered
vs
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Honey badger
Mellivora capensis
Carnivores · Least concern
One clip names both of them
12 million views between them.
Giant otter outweighs Honey badger 2.4× — 24 kg against 10 kg. Both figures are averages across males and females.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
24 kg
🦡 Giant otter · COMBINE
10 kg
🦡 Honey badger · COMBINE
Shoulder height
no figure yet
🦡 Giant otter
0.26 m
🦡 Honey badger
Body length
1.27 m
🦡 Giant otter · COMBINE
0.73 m
🦡 Honey badger · COMBINE
Maximum lifespan
17 yr
🦡 Giant otter · COMBINE
31 yr
🦡 Honey badger · COMBINE
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
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Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Mustelidae (family), home to 106 species.
They last shared an ancestor about 12 million years ago.
Estimates range from 11 to 15 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.
About this estimate
Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).