🐆
Leopard
Panthera pardus
Carnivores · Vulnerable
vs
🐐
Markhor
Capra falconeri
Mammals · Near threatened
One clip names both of them
7,975 views between them.
Leopard outweighs Markhor 1.3× — 53.1 kg against 41 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
53 kg
🐆 Leopard · COMBINE
41 kg
🐐 Markhor · COMBINE
Shoulder height
0.72 m
🐆 Leopard
no figure yet
🐐 Markhor
Body length
1.64 m
🐆 Leopard · COMBINE
1.7 m
🐐 Markhor · COMBINE
Top speed
58 km/h
🐆 Leopard
no figure yet
🐐 Markhor
Bite force
467 N
🐆 Leopard
no figure yet
🐐 Markhor
Maximum lifespan
27 yr
🐆 Leopard · COMBINE
19 yr
🐐 Markhor · COMBINE
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures. Bite force figures come from individual studies and vary a lot between sources.
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Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Laurasiatheria (superorder), home to 4,193 species.
They last shared an ancestor about 64 million years ago.
Estimates range from 58 to 76 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.
About this estimate
Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).