One clip names both of them

2,280 views between them.

Groundhog outweighs Muskrat 3.4× — 3.4 kg against 1 kg.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

3.41 kg

🐿️ Groundhog · COMBINE

1 kg

🐭 Muskrat · COMBINE

Body length

0.51 m

🐿️ Groundhog · COMBINE

0.3 m

🐭 Muskrat · COMBINE

Maximum lifespan

14 yr

🐿️ Groundhog · COMBINE

9.99 yr

🐭 Muskrat · 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 Rodentia (order), home to 3,407 species.

We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.