🐕
Dog
Canis familiaris
Carnivores
vs
🦛
Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus amphibius
Mammals · Vulnerable
One clip names both of them
3.8 million views between them.
Hippopotamus outweighs Dog 66× — 2,640 kg against 40 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
40 kg
🐕 Dog · AnAge
2,640 kg
🦛 Hippopotamus · COMBINE
Shoulder height
no figure yet
🐕 Dog
1.47 m
🦛 Hippopotamus
Body length
no figure yet
🐕 Dog
5.05 m
🦛 Hippopotamus · COMBINE
Top speed
no figure yet
🐕 Dog
24 km/h
🦛 Hippopotamus
Maximum lifespan
27 yr
🐕 Dog · AnAge
61 yr
🦛 Hippopotamus · 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.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.