🦎
American alligator
Alligator mississippiensis
Reptiles · Least concern
vs
🦎
Axolotl
Ambystoma mexicanum
Amphibians · Critically endangered
One clip names both of them
2.4 million views between them.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
150 kg
🦎 American alligator · AnAge
no figure yet
🦎 Axolotl
Body length
4.6 m
🦎 American alligator · ReptTraits
0.3 m
🦎 Axolotl · AmphiBIO
Maximum lifespan
77 yr
🦎 American alligator · AnAge
17 yr
🦎 Axolotl · AnAge
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 Tetrapoda (superclass), home to 51,389 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.