2 clips name both of them

28 million views between them.

Capybara outweighs Dog 1.3× — 51.6 kg against 40 kg.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

52 kg

🐹 Capybara · COMBINE

40 kg

🐕 Dog · AnAge

Shoulder height

0.57 m

🐹 Capybara

no figure yet

🐕 Dog

Body length

1.25 m

🐹 Capybara · COMBINE

no figure yet

🐕 Dog

Maximum lifespan

15 yr

🐹 Capybara · COMBINE

27 yr

🐕 Dog · AnAge

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).