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Honey badger
Mellivora capensis
Carnivores · Least concern
vs
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Wolverine
Gulo gulo
Carnivores · Least concern
2 clips name both of them
7.2 million views between them.
Wolverine outweighs Honey badger 1.3× — 12.8 kg against 10 kg. Both figures are averages across males and females.
To scale
Grid at 50 cm
50 cm
1 m
1.5 m
2 m
Silhouettes: PhyloPic (CC0).
Honey badger
0.26 m
at the shoulder
Human
1.70 m
full standing height
for scale
Wolverine
0.39 m
at the shoulder
Tale of the tape
Body mass
10 kg
🦡 Honey badger · COMBINE
13 kg
🦡 Wolverine · COMBINE
Shoulder height
0.26 m
🦡 Honey badger
0.39 m
🦡 Wolverine
Body length
0.73 m
🦡 Honey badger · COMBINE
0.81 m
🦡 Wolverine · COMBINE
Maximum lifespan
31 yr
🦡 Honey badger · COMBINE
19 yr
🦡 Wolverine · 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 Mustelidae (family), home to 106 species.
They last shared an ancestor about 12 million years ago.
Estimates range from 11 to 15 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.
About this estimate
Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).