3 clips name both of them

2,379 views between them.

Red deer outweighs Dog 4.0× — 160 kg against 40 kg.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

160 kg

🦌 Red deer · COMBINE

40 kg

🐕 Dog · AnAge

Shoulder height

1.13 m

🦌 Red deer

no figure yet

🐕 Dog

Body length

2.14 m

🦌 Red deer · COMBINE

no figure yet

🐕 Dog

Maximum lifespan

31 yr

🦌 Red deer · COMBINE

27 yr

🐕 Dog · AnAge

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 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).