One clip names both of them

1,517 views between them.

Black rhinoceros outweighs Sable 930× — 996 kg against 1.1 kg.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

996 kg

🦏 Black rhinoceros · COMBINE

1.07 kg

🦡 Sable · COMBINE

Body length

3.3 m

🦏 Black rhinoceros · COMBINE

0.51 m

🦡 Sable · COMBINE

Maximum lifespan

49 yr

🦏 Black rhinoceros · COMBINE

22 yr

🦡 Sable · 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).