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Golden jackal
Canis aureus
Carnivores · Least concern
vs
🐍
Snakes
Serpentes
Reptiles
average across the group
One clip names both of them
562,653 views between them.
Snakes outweigh Golden jackal 7.0× — 77.5 kg against 11 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
11 kg
🐾 Golden jackal · COMBINE
77 kg
🐍 Snakes · group average
Body length
0.94 m
🐾 Golden jackal · COMBINE
3.9 m
🐍 Snakes · group average
Maximum lifespan
19 yr
🐾 Golden jackal · COMBINE
27 yr
🐍 Snakes · group average
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.