🐹
Capybara
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
Mammals · Least concern
vs
🦌
Red deer
Cervus elaphus
Mammals · Least concern
2 clips name both of them
1.3 million views between them.
Red deer outweighs Capybara 3.1× — 160 kg against 51.6 kg.
To scale
Grid at 50 cm
50 cm
1 m
1.5 m
2 m
Silhouettes: PhyloPic (CC0).
Capybara
0.57 m
at the shoulder
Human
1.70 m
full standing height
for scale
Red deer
1.13 m
at the shoulder
Tale of the tape
Body mass
52 kg
🐹 Capybara · COMBINE
160 kg
🦌 Red deer · COMBINE
Shoulder height
0.57 m
🐹 Capybara
1.13 m
🦌 Red deer
Body length
1.25 m
🐹 Capybara · COMBINE
2.14 m
🦌 Red deer · COMBINE
Maximum lifespan
15 yr
🐹 Capybara · COMBINE
31 yr
🦌 Red deer · 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 81 million years ago.
Estimates range from 74 to 89 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.
About this estimate
Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).