🐹
Capybara
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
Mammals · Least concern
vs
🦆
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Birds · Least concern
One clip names both of them
1.9 million views between them.
Capybara outweighs Mallard 61× — 51.6 kg against 0.8 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
52 kg
🐹 Capybara · COMBINE
0.84 kg
🦆 Mallard · AVONET
Shoulder height
0.57 m
🐹 Capybara
no figure yet
🦆 Mallard
Body length
1.25 m
🐹 Capybara · COMBINE
no figure yet
🦆 Mallard
Maximum lifespan
15 yr
🐹 Capybara · COMBINE
29 yr
🦆 Mallard · 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 Tetrapoda (superclass), home to 51,389 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.