One clip names both of them

1,682 views between them.

Eurasian otter outweighs Meerkat 10× — 7.8 kg against 0.8 kg.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

0.78 kg

🐾 Meerkat · COMBINE

7.81 kg

🦦 Eurasian otter · COMBINE

Body length

0.32 m

🐾 Meerkat · COMBINE

0.75 m

🦦 Eurasian otter · COMBINE

Maximum lifespan

21 yr

🐾 Meerkat · COMBINE

22 yr

🦦 Eurasian otter · 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).