🐾
Indian grey mongoose
Urva edwardsii
Carnivores · Least concern
vs
🦏
White rhinoceros
Ceratotherium simum
Mammals · Near threatened
One clip names both of them
1.6 million views between them.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
no figure yet
🐾 Indian grey mongoose
2,230 kg
🦏 White rhinoceros · COMBINE
Shoulder height
no figure yet
🐾 Indian grey mongoose
1.78 m
🦏 White rhinoceros
Body length
no figure yet
🐾 Indian grey mongoose
3.39 m
🦏 White rhinoceros · COMBINE
Top speed
no figure yet
🐾 Indian grey mongoose
24 km/h
🦏 White rhinoceros
Maximum lifespan
no figure yet
🐾 Indian grey mongoose
50 yr
🦏 White rhinoceros · 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 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).