2 clips name both of them

5.2 million views between them.

Rhesus macaque outweighs Eastern gray squirrel 12× — 6.6 kg against 0.5 kg.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

6.61 kg

🐒 Rhesus macaque · COMBINE

0.54 kg

🐿️ Eastern gray squirrel · COMBINE

Body length

0.66 m

🐒 Rhesus macaque · COMBINE

0.32 m

🐿️ Eastern gray squirrel · COMBINE

Maximum lifespan

40 yr

🐒 Rhesus macaque · COMBINE

24 yr

🐿️ Eastern gray squirrel · 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 Euarchontoglires (superorder), home to 4,379 species.

They last shared an ancestor about 76 million years ago.

Estimates range from 67 to 85 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.

About this estimate

Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).