One clip names both of them

1,812 views between them.

Common eland outweighs Plains zebra 1.7× — 500 kg against 290 kg. Both figures are averages across males and females.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

500 kg

🐃 Common eland · AnAge

290 kg

🦓 Plains zebra · COMBINE

Body length

no figure yet

🐃 Common eland

2.54 m

🦓 Plains zebra · COMBINE

Maximum lifespan

26 yr

🐃 Common eland · AnAge

40 yr

🦓 Plains zebra · 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 Laurasiatheria (superorder), home to 4,193 species.

They last shared an ancestor about 61 million years ago.

Estimates range from 53 to 69 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.

About this estimate

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