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Alpine ibex
Capra ibex
Mammals · Least concern
vs
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Snow leopard
Panthera uncia
Carnivores · Vulnerable
5 clips name both of them
616,368 views between them.
Alpine ibex outweighs Snow leopard 1.6× — 77 kg against 47.8 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
77 kg
🐃 Alpine ibex · COMBINE
48 kg
🐆 Snow leopard · COMBINE
Shoulder height
no figure yet
🐃 Alpine ibex
0.6 m
🐆 Snow leopard
Body length
1.7 m
🐃 Alpine ibex · COMBINE
1.22 m
🐆 Snow leopard · COMBINE
Maximum lifespan
22 yr
🐃 Alpine ibex · COMBINE
21 yr
🐆 Snow leopard · 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).