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Chimpanzee
Pan troglodytes
Primates ยท Endangered
vs
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Polar bear
Ursus maritimus
Carnivores ยท Vulnerable

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Polar bear outweighs Chimpanzee 8.3ร— โ€” 372 kg against 45 kg. Both figures are averages across males and females.

To scale

Grid at 50 cm

50 cm
1 m
1.5 m
2 m

Silhouettes: PhyloPic โ€” T. Michael Keesey (vectorization) and Tony Hisgett (photography) (CC BY); others CC0.

Chimpanzee
1.35 m
full standing height ยท measured standing
Human
1.70 m
full standing height
for scale
Polar bear
1.45 m
at the shoulder
Tale of the tape
Body mass
45 kg
๐Ÿ’ Chimpanzee ยท COMBINE
372 kg
๐Ÿปโ€โ„๏ธ Polar bear ยท COMBINE
Shoulder height
no figure yet
๐Ÿ’ Chimpanzee
1.45 m
๐Ÿปโ€โ„๏ธ Polar bear
Body length
0.87 m
๐Ÿ’ Chimpanzee ยท COMBINE
2.25 m
๐Ÿปโ€โ„๏ธ Polar bear ยท COMBINE
Top speed
no figure yet
๐Ÿ’ Chimpanzee
39 km/h
๐Ÿปโ€โ„๏ธ Polar bear
Bite force
1,511 N
๐Ÿ’ Chimpanzee
2,121 N
๐Ÿปโ€โ„๏ธ Polar bear
Maximum lifespan
74 yr
๐Ÿ’ Chimpanzee ยท COMBINE
45 yr
๐Ÿปโ€โ„๏ธ Polar bear ยท COMBINE

Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures. Bite force figures come from individual studies and vary a lot between sources.

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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).