One clip names both of them

138,948 views between them.

Plains zebra outweighs Wild horse 1.2× — 290 kg against 250 kg.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

250 kg

🐎 Wild horse · COMBINE

290 kg

🦓 Plains zebra · COMBINE

Body length

2.8 m

🐎 Wild horse · COMBINE

2.54 m

🦓 Plains zebra · COMBINE

Maximum lifespan

62 yr

🐎 Wild horse · COMBINE

40 yr

🦓 Plains zebra · 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 Equus (genus), home to 31 species.

They last shared an ancestor about 5.9 million years ago.

Estimates range from 4.3 to 8.2 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.

About this estimate

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