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African wild dog
Lycaon pictus
Carnivores · Endangered
vs
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Common warthog
Phacochoerus africanus
Mammals · Least concern
3 clips name both of them
178,949 views between them.
Common warthog outweighs African wild dog 3.8× — 91.3 kg against 24.3 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
24 kg
🐺 African wild dog · COMBINE
91 kg
🐾 Common warthog · COMBINE
Shoulder height
0.69 m
🐺 African wild dog
no figure yet
🐾 Common warthog
Body length
1.02 m
🐺 African wild dog · COMBINE
1.36 m
🐾 Common warthog · COMBINE
Maximum lifespan
17 yr
🐺 African wild dog · COMBINE
21 yr
🐾 Common warthog · 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).