🦏
Black rhinoceros
Diceros bicornis
Mammals · Critically endangered
vs
🐘
Elephant
Loxodonta africana
Mammals · Endangered
2 clips name both of them
37,496 views between them.
Elephant outweighs Black rhinoceros 4.6× — 4,565 kg against 996 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
996 kg
🦏 Black rhinoceros · COMBINE
4,565 kg
🐘 Elephant · COMBINE
Shoulder height
no figure yet
🦏 Black rhinoceros
2.8 m
🐘 Elephant
Body length
3.3 m
🦏 Black rhinoceros · COMBINE
7.5 m
🐘 Elephant · COMBINE
Top speed
no figure yet
🦏 Black rhinoceros
25 km/h
🐘 Elephant
Maximum lifespan
49 yr
🦏 Black rhinoceros · COMBINE
80 yr
🐘 Elephant · 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 Theria (subclass), home to 9,319 species.
They last shared an ancestor about 91 million years ago.
Estimates range from 78 to 117 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.
About this estimate
Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).