🐃
Greater kudu
Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Mammals · Least concern
vs
🐆
Leopard
Panthera pardus
Carnivores · Vulnerable
One clip names both of them
168,202 views between them.
Greater kudu outweighs Leopard 3.9× — 206 kg against 53.1 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
206 kg
🐃 Greater kudu · COMBINE
53 kg
🐆 Leopard · COMBINE
Shoulder height
no figure yet
🐃 Greater kudu
0.72 m
🐆 Leopard
Body length
2.33 m
🐃 Greater kudu · COMBINE
1.64 m
🐆 Leopard · COMBINE
Top speed
no figure yet
🐃 Greater kudu
58 km/h
🐆 Leopard
Bite force
no figure yet
🐃 Greater kudu
467 N
🐆 Leopard
Maximum lifespan
23 yr
🐃 Greater kudu · COMBINE
27 yr
🐆 Leopard · COMBINE
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures. Bite force figures come from individual studies and vary a lot between sources.
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.
They last shared an ancestor about 64 million years ago.
Estimates range from 58 to 76 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.
About this estimate
Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).