One clip names both of them

1,799 views between them.

Red deer outweighs Gray fox 38× — 160 kg against 4.2 kg.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

160 kg

🦌 Red deer · COMBINE

4.22 kg

🐺 Gray fox · COMBINE

Shoulder height

1.13 m

🦌 Red deer

no figure yet

🐺 Gray fox

Body length

2.14 m

🦌 Red deer · COMBINE

0.67 m

🐺 Gray fox · COMBINE

Maximum lifespan

31 yr

🦌 Red deer · COMBINE

16 yr

🐺 Gray fox · 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 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).