🦬
American bison
Bison bison
Mammals · Near threatened
vs
🦏
White rhinoceros
Ceratotherium simum
Mammals · Near threatened
One clip names both of them
438,289 views between them.
White rhinoceros outweighs American bison 3.6× — 2,230 kg against 625 kg.
To scale
Grid at 50 cm
50 cm
1 m
1.5 m
2 m
Silhouettes: PhyloPic (CC0).
American bison
1.66 m
at the shoulder
Human
1.70 m
full standing height
for scale
White rhinoceros
1.78 m
at the shoulder
Tale of the tape
Body mass
625 kg
🦬 American bison · COMBINE
2,230 kg
🦏 White rhinoceros · COMBINE
Shoulder height
1.66 m
🦬 American bison
1.78 m
🦏 White rhinoceros
Body length
2.9 m
🦬 American bison · COMBINE
3.39 m
🦏 White rhinoceros · COMBINE
Top speed
52 km/h
🦬 American bison
24 km/h
🦏 White rhinoceros
Maximum lifespan
33 yr
🦬 American bison · COMBINE
50 yr
🦏 White rhinoceros · 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 61 million years ago.
Estimates range from 53 to 69 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.
About this estimate
Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).