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Maned wolf
Chrysocyon brachyurus
Carnivores · Near threatened
vs
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Common raccoon dog
Nyctereutes procyonoides
Carnivores · Least concern
One clip names both of them
2.9 million views between them.
Maned wolf outweighs Common raccoon dog 5.3× — 22.3 kg against 4.2 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
22 kg
🐺 Maned wolf · COMBINE
4.23 kg
🐺 Common raccoon dog · COMBINE
Shoulder height
0.9 m
🐺 Maned wolf
no figure yet
🐺 Common raccoon dog
Body length
1.28 m
🐺 Maned wolf · COMBINE
0.56 m
🐺 Common raccoon dog · COMBINE
Maximum lifespan
17 yr
🐺 Maned wolf · COMBINE
17 yr
🐺 Common raccoon dog · 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 Canidae (family), home to 211 species.
They last shared an ancestor about 8.3 million years ago.
Estimates range from 6.5 to 9.2 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.
About this estimate
Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).