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American alligator
Alligator mississippiensis
Reptiles · Least concern
vs
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Dog
Canis familiaris
Carnivores
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American alligator outweighs Dog 3.8× — 150 kg against 40 kg. Both figures are averages across males and females.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
150 kg
🦎 American alligator · AnAge
40 kg
🐕 Dog · AnAge
Body length
4.6 m
🦎 American alligator · ReptTraits
no figure yet
🐕 Dog
Maximum lifespan
77 yr
🦎 American alligator · AnAge
27 yr
🐕 Dog · AnAge
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
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Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Tetrapoda (superclass), home to 51,389 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.