🐕
Dog
Canis familiaris
Carnivores
vs
🦡
North American river otter
Lontra canadensis
Carnivores · Least concern
One clip names both of them
10,462 views between them.
Dog outweighs North American river otter 4.9× — 40 kg against 8.1 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
40 kg
🐕 Dog · AnAge
8.09 kg
🦡 North American river otter · COMBINE
Body length
no figure yet
🐕 Dog
0.72 m
🦡 North American river otter · COMBINE
Maximum lifespan
27 yr
🐕 Dog · AnAge
27 yr
🦡 North American river otter · 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 Caniformia (suborder), home to 469 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.