🦡
North American river otter
Lontra canadensis
Carnivores · Least concern
vs
🐺
Grey wolf
Canis lupus
Carnivores · Least concern
One clip names both of them
176,926 views between them.
Grey wolf outweighs North American river otter 3.6× — 29.2 kg against 8.1 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
8.09 kg
🦡 North American river otter · COMBINE
29 kg
🐺 Grey wolf · COMBINE
Shoulder height
no figure yet
🦡 North American river otter
0.73 m
🐺 Grey wolf
Body length
0.72 m
🦡 North American river otter · COMBINE
1.27 m
🐺 Grey wolf · COMBINE
Top speed
no figure yet
🦡 North American river otter
62 km/h
🐺 Grey wolf
Bite force
no figure yet
🦡 North American river otter
593 N
🐺 Grey wolf
Maximum lifespan
27 yr
🦡 North American river otter · COMBINE
29 yr
🐺 Grey wolf · COMBINE
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures. Bite force figures come from individual studies and vary a lot between sources.
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 Caniformia (suborder), home to 469 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.