One clip names both of them

3.3 million views between them.

Clouded leopard outweighs Cat 5.0× — 19.5 kg against 3.9 kg.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

3.9 kg

🐈 Cat · AnAge

20 kg

🐈 Clouded leopard · COMBINE

Shoulder height

0.26 m

🐈 Cat

no figure yet

🐈 Clouded leopard

Body length

no figure yet

🐈 Cat

0.95 m

🐈 Clouded leopard · COMBINE

Maximum lifespan

30 yr

🐈 Cat · AnAge

20 yr

🐈 Clouded 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 Felidae (family), home to 91 species.

They last shared an ancestor about 6.8 million years ago.

Estimates range from 5.7 to 7.8 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.

About this estimate

Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).