🦒
Giraffe
Giraffa camelopardalis
Mammals · Vulnerable
vs
🐾
Golden jackal
Canis aureus
Carnivores · Least concern
2 clips name both of them
1,632 views between them.
Giraffe outweighs Golden jackal 73× — 800 kg against 11 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
800 kg
🦒 Giraffe · COMBINE
11 kg
🐾 Golden jackal · COMBINE
Shoulder height
3.06 m
🦒 Giraffe
no figure yet
🐾 Golden jackal
Body length
4.45 m
🦒 Giraffe · COMBINE
0.94 m
🐾 Golden jackal · COMBINE
Top speed
56 km/h
🦒 Giraffe
no figure yet
🐾 Golden jackal
Maximum lifespan
39 yr
🦒 Giraffe · COMBINE
19 yr
🐾 Golden jackal · 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 Laurasiatheria (superorder), home to 4,193 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.