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African wild dog
Lycaon pictus
Carnivores · Endangered
vs
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Olive baboon
Papio anubis
Primates · Least concern
2 clips name both of them
2.4 million views between them.
African wild dog outweighs Olive baboon 1.4× — 24.3 kg against 17.7 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
24 kg
🐺 African wild dog · COMBINE
18 kg
🐒 Olive baboon · COMBINE
Shoulder height
0.69 m
🐺 African wild dog
no figure yet
🐒 Olive baboon
Body length
1.02 m
🐺 African wild dog · COMBINE
0.76 m
🐒 Olive baboon · COMBINE
Maximum lifespan
17 yr
🐺 African wild dog · COMBINE
45 yr
🐒 Olive baboon · COMBINE
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
Animals caught on camera
Real footage of the animals on this site — hunting, fighting, and getting on with it.
Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Theria (subclass), home to 9,319 species.
They last shared an ancestor about 81 million years ago.
Estimates range from 74 to 89 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.
About this estimate
Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).