🦏
White rhinoceros
Ceratotherium simum
Mammals · Near threatened
vs
🦓
Plains zebra
Equus quagga
Mammals · Near threatened
One clip names both of them
1.2 million views between them.
White rhinoceros outweighs Plains zebra 7.7× — 2,230 kg against 290 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
2,230 kg
🦏 White rhinoceros · COMBINE
290 kg
🦓 Plains zebra · COMBINE
Shoulder height
1.78 m
🦏 White rhinoceros
no figure yet
🦓 Plains zebra
Body length
3.39 m
🦏 White rhinoceros · COMBINE
2.54 m
🦓 Plains zebra · COMBINE
Top speed
24 km/h
🦏 White rhinoceros
no figure yet
🦓 Plains zebra
Maximum lifespan
50 yr
🦏 White rhinoceros · COMBINE
40 yr
🦓 Plains zebra · 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 Perissodactyla (order), home to 72 species.
They last shared an ancestor about 38 million years ago.
Estimates range from 31 to 44 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.
About this estimate
Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).