🐘
Elephant
Loxodonta africana
Mammals · Endangered
vs
🦏
White rhinoceros
Ceratotherium simum
Mammals · Near threatened
42 clips name both of them
44 million views between them.
Elephant outweighs White rhinoceros 2.0× — 4,565 kg against 2,230 kg.
To scale
Grid at 1 m
1 m
2 m
3 m
Silhouettes: PhyloPic (CC0).
Elephant
2.80 m
at the shoulder
Human
1.70 m
full standing height
for scale
White rhinoceros
1.78 m
at the shoulder
Tale of the tape
Body mass
4,565 kg
🐘 Elephant · COMBINE
2,230 kg
🦏 White rhinoceros · COMBINE
Shoulder height
2.8 m
🐘 Elephant
1.78 m
🦏 White rhinoceros
Body length
7.5 m
🐘 Elephant · COMBINE
3.39 m
🦏 White rhinoceros · COMBINE
Top speed
25 km/h
🐘 Elephant
24 km/h
🦏 White rhinoceros
Maximum lifespan
80 yr
🐘 Elephant · COMBINE
50 yr
🦏 White rhinoceros · 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.
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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).