🐾
European hedgehog
Erinaceus europaeus
Mammals · Near threatened
vs
🐦
Western Barn Owl
Tyto alba
Birds · Least concern
One clip names both of them
3,969 views between them.
European hedgehog outweighs Western Barn Owl 1.9× — 0.8 kg against 0.4 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
0.78 kg
🐾 European hedgehog · COMBINE
0.4 kg
🐦 Western Barn Owl · AVONET
Body length
0.27 m
🐾 European hedgehog · COMBINE
no figure yet
🐦 Western Barn Owl
Maximum lifespan
14 yr
🐾 European hedgehog · COMBINE
34 yr
🐦 Western Barn Owl · AnAge
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 Tetrapoda (superclass), home to 51,389 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.