One clip names both of them

53 views between them.

Humpback whale outweighs Red deer 190× — 30,000 kg against 160 kg.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

160 kg

🦌 Red deer · COMBINE

30,000 kg

🐾 Humpback whale · COMBINE

Shoulder height

1.13 m

🦌 Red deer

no figure yet

🐾 Humpback whale

Body length

2.14 m

🦌 Red deer · COMBINE

14 m

🐾 Humpback whale · COMBINE

Maximum lifespan

31 yr

🦌 Red deer · COMBINE

95 yr

🐾 Humpback whale · 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 Artiodactyla (order), home to 848 species.

They last shared an ancestor about 46 million years ago.

Estimates range from 40 to 55 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.

About this estimate

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