One clip names both of them

1,446 views between them.

Cow outweighs Plains zebra 2.6× — 750 kg against 290 kg.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

750 kg

🐄 Cow · AnAge

290 kg

🦓 Plains zebra · COMBINE

Shoulder height

1.28 m

🐄 Cow

no figure yet

🦓 Plains zebra

Body length

no figure yet

🐄 Cow

2.54 m

🦓 Plains zebra · COMBINE

Maximum lifespan

20 yr

🐄 Cow · 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).