One clip names both of them

1 million views between them.

Malayan tapir outweighs Bush dog 49× — 296 kg against 6 kg.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

6 kg

🐺 Bush dog · COMBINE

296 kg

🐗 Malayan tapir · COMBINE

Body length

0.69 m

🐺 Bush dog · COMBINE

2.36 m

🐗 Malayan tapir · COMBINE

Maximum lifespan

14 yr

🐺 Bush dog · COMBINE

36 yr

🐗 Malayan tapir · 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 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).