🦛
Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus amphibius
Mammals · Vulnerable
vs
🦏
White rhinoceros
Ceratotherium simum
Mammals · Near threatened
12 clips name both of them
30 million views between them.
Hippopotamus outweighs White rhinoceros 1.2× — 2,640 kg against 2,230 kg.
To scale
Grid at 50 cm
50 cm
1 m
1.5 m
2 m
Silhouettes: PhyloPic (CC0).
Hippopotamus
1.47 m
at the shoulder
Human
1.70 m
full standing height
for scale
White rhinoceros
1.78 m
at the shoulder
Tale of the tape
Body mass
2,640 kg
🦛 Hippopotamus · COMBINE
2,230 kg
🦏 White rhinoceros · COMBINE
Shoulder height
1.47 m
🦛 Hippopotamus
1.78 m
🦏 White rhinoceros
Body length
5.05 m
🦛 Hippopotamus · COMBINE
3.39 m
🦏 White rhinoceros · COMBINE
Top speed
24 km/h
🦛 Hippopotamus
24 km/h
🦏 White rhinoceros
Maximum lifespan
61 yr
🦛 Hippopotamus · COMBINE
50 yr
🦏 White rhinoceros · 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.