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Sand tiger shark
Carcharias taurus
Sharks & rays · Critically endangered
vs
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Sharks
Selachimorpha
Fish
average across the group
2 clips name both of them
262 views between them.
Sharks outweigh Sand tiger shark 61× — 5,366 kg against 87.3 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
87 kg
🦈 Sand tiger shark · AnAge
5,366 kg
🦈 Sharks · group average
Body length
2.5 m
🦈 Sand tiger shark · FishBase
6.28 m
🦈 Sharks · group average
Maximum lifespan
12 yr
🦈 Sand tiger shark · AnAge
46 yr
🦈 Sharks · group average
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 Elasmobranchii (subclass), home to 1,595 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.