🐘
Elephant
Loxodonta africana
Mammals · Endangered
vs
🦧
Bornean orangutan
Pongo pygmaeus
Primates · Critically endangered
One clip names both of them
4.2 million views between them.
Elephant outweighs Bornean orangutan 77× — 4,565 kg against 58.9 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
4,565 kg
🐘 Elephant · COMBINE
59 kg
🦧 Bornean orangutan · COMBINE
Shoulder height
2.8 m
🐘 Elephant
no figure yet
🦧 Bornean orangutan
Body length
7.5 m
🐘 Elephant · COMBINE
1.2 m
🦧 Bornean orangutan · COMBINE
Top speed
25 km/h
🐘 Elephant
no figure yet
🦧 Bornean orangutan
Maximum lifespan
80 yr
🐘 Elephant · COMBINE
60 yr
🦧 Bornean orangutan · 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 Theria (subclass), home to 9,319 species.
They last shared an ancestor about 91 million years ago.
Estimates range from 78 to 117 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.
About this estimate
Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).