🦛
Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus amphibius
Mammals · Vulnerable
vs
🦓
Plains zebra
Equus quagga
Mammals · Near threatened
One clip names both of them
150,056 views between them.
Hippopotamus outweighs Plains zebra 9.1× — 2,640 kg against 290 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
2,640 kg
🦛 Hippopotamus · COMBINE
290 kg
🦓 Plains zebra · COMBINE
Shoulder height
1.47 m
🦛 Hippopotamus
no figure yet
🦓 Plains zebra
Body length
5.05 m
🦛 Hippopotamus · COMBINE
2.54 m
🦓 Plains zebra · COMBINE
Top speed
24 km/h
🦛 Hippopotamus
no figure yet
🦓 Plains zebra
Maximum lifespan
61 yr
🦛 Hippopotamus · COMBINE
40 yr
🦓 Plains zebra · 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.