🐃
Greater kudu
Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Mammals · Least concern
vs
🦁
Lion
Panthera leo
Carnivores · Vulnerable
5 clips name both of them
13 million views between them.
Greater kudu outweighs Lion 1.4× — 206 kg against 149 kg. Both figures are averages across males and females.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
206 kg
🐃 Greater kudu · COMBINE
149 kg
🦁 Lion · COMBINE
Shoulder height
no figure yet
🐃 Greater kudu
1.15 m
🦁 Lion
Body length
2.33 m
🐃 Greater kudu · COMBINE
2.17 m
🦁 Lion · COMBINE
Top speed
no figure yet
🐃 Greater kudu
55 km/h
🦁 Lion
Bite force
no figure yet
🐃 Greater kudu
1,768 N
🦁 Lion
Maximum lifespan
23 yr
🐃 Greater kudu · COMBINE
30 yr
🦁 Lion · 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).