8 clips name both of them

5.9 million views between them.

Orca outweighs Common bottlenose dolphin 19× — 4,300 kg against 230 kg.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

230 kg

🐬 Common bottlenose dolphin · COMBINE

4,300 kg

🐋 Orca · COMBINE

Body length

3.63 m

🐬 Common bottlenose dolphin · COMBINE

9.23 m

🐋 Orca · COMBINE

Maximum lifespan

53 yr

🐬 Common bottlenose dolphin · COMBINE

100 yr

🐋 Orca · 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 Delphinidae (family), home to 60 species.

They last shared an ancestor about 4.6 million years ago.

Estimates range from 3.5 to 5.5 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.

About this estimate

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