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Cow
Bos taurus
Mammals
vs
๐Ÿฆ
Lion
Panthera leo
Carnivores ยท Vulnerable

5 clips name both of them

382,741 views between them.

Cow outweighs Lion 5.0ร— โ€” 750 kg against 149 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€” DFoidl (modified by T. Michael Keesey) (CC BY-SA), Lukasiniho (CC BY-NC-SA); others CC0.

Cow
1.28 m
at the shoulder
Human
1.70 m
full standing height
for scale
Lion
1.15 m
at the shoulder
Tale of the tape
Body mass
750 kg
๐Ÿ„ Cow ยท AnAge
149 kg
๐Ÿฆ Lion ยท COMBINE
Shoulder height
1.28 m
๐Ÿ„ Cow
1.15 m
๐Ÿฆ Lion
Body length
no figure yet
๐Ÿ„ Cow
2.17 m
๐Ÿฆ Lion ยท COMBINE
Top speed
no figure yet
๐Ÿ„ Cow
55 km/h
๐Ÿฆ Lion
Bite force
no figure yet
๐Ÿ„ Cow
1,768 N
๐Ÿฆ Lion
Maximum lifespan
20 yr
๐Ÿ„ Cow ยท AnAge
30 yr
๐Ÿฆ Lion 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.

Animals caught on camera

Real footage of the animals on this site โ€” hunting, fighting, and getting on with it.

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Shared ancestry

The closest group they share is Laurasiatheria (superorder), home to 4,193 species.

They last shared an ancestor about 64 million years ago.

Estimates range from 58 to 76 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.

About this estimate

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