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African wild dog
Lycaon pictus
Carnivores · Endangered
vs
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Greater kudu
Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Mammals · Least concern
2 clips name both of them
413,059 views between them.
Greater kudu outweighs African wild dog 8.5× — 206 kg against 24.3 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
24 kg
🐺 African wild dog · COMBINE
206 kg
🐃 Greater kudu · COMBINE
Shoulder height
0.69 m
🐺 African wild dog
no figure yet
🐃 Greater kudu
Body length
1.02 m
🐺 African wild dog · COMBINE
2.33 m
🐃 Greater kudu · COMBINE
Maximum lifespan
17 yr
🐺 African wild dog · COMBINE
23 yr
🐃 Greater kudu · 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 Laurasiatheria (superorder), home to 4,193 species.
They last shared an ancestor about 64 million years ago.
Estimates range from 58 to 76 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.
About this estimate
Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).