🦌
Sambar
Rusa unicolor
Mammals · Vulnerable
vs
🐅
Tiger
Panthera tigris
Carnivores · Endangered
2 clips name both of them
1.6 million views between them.
Sambar outweighs Tiger 1.4× — 178 kg against 129 kg. Both figures are averages across males and females.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
178 kg
🦌 Sambar · COMBINE
129 kg
🐅 Tiger · COMBINE
Shoulder height
no figure yet
🦌 Sambar
0.91 m
🐅 Tiger
Body length
2.25 m
🦌 Sambar · COMBINE
2.31 m
🐅 Tiger · COMBINE
Top speed
no figure yet
🦌 Sambar
54 km/h
🐅 Tiger
Bite force
no figure yet
🦌 Sambar
1,525 N
🐅 Tiger
Maximum lifespan
26 yr
🦌 Sambar · COMBINE
26 yr
🐅 Tiger · 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 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).