2 clips name both of them

7,276 views between them.

Red deer outweighs Chital 3.5× — 160 kg against 45.5 kg.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

46 kg

🦌 Chital · COMBINE

160 kg

🦌 Red deer · COMBINE

Shoulder height

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🦌 Chital

1.13 m

🦌 Red deer

Body length

1.75 m

🦌 Chital · COMBINE

2.14 m

🦌 Red deer · COMBINE

Maximum lifespan

21 yr

🦌 Chital · 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 Cervinae (subfamily), home to 94 species.

They last shared an ancestor about 5.7 million years ago.

Estimates range from 4.0 to 6.9 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.

About this estimate

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