🐈
Eurasian lynx
Lynx lynx
Carnivores · Least concern
vs
🦡
Wolverine
Gulo gulo
Carnivores · Least concern
One clip names both of them
3,610 views between them.
Eurasian lynx outweighs Wolverine 1.7× — 21.1 kg against 12.8 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).
Eurasian lynx
0.63 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
21 kg
🐈 Eurasian lynx · COMBINE
13 kg
🦡 Wolverine · COMBINE
Shoulder height
0.63 m
🐈 Eurasian lynx
0.39 m
🦡 Wolverine
Body length
1.08 m
🐈 Eurasian lynx · COMBINE
0.81 m
🦡 Wolverine · COMBINE
Maximum lifespan
27 yr
🐈 Eurasian lynx · 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 Carnivora (order), home to 728 species.
They last shared an ancestor about 39 million years ago.
Estimates range from 32 to 45 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.
About this estimate
Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).