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African wild dog
Lycaon pictus
Carnivores · Endangered
vs
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Springbok
Antidorcas marsupialis
Mammals · Least concern
One clip names both of them
93,529 views between them.
Springbok outweighs African wild dog 1.4× — 33.6 kg against 24.3 kg. Both figures are averages across males and females.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
24 kg
🐺 African wild dog · COMBINE
34 kg
🐃 Springbok · COMBINE
Shoulder height
0.69 m
🐺 African wild dog
no figure yet
🐃 Springbok
Body length
1.02 m
🐺 African wild dog · COMBINE
1.23 m
🐃 Springbok · COMBINE
Maximum lifespan
17 yr
🐺 African wild dog · COMBINE
20 yr
🐃 Springbok · 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).