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American alligator outweighs Giant otter 6.3× — 150 kg against 24 kg. Both figures are averages across males and females.

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Body mass

150 kg

🦎 American alligator · AnAge

24 kg

🦡 Giant otter · COMBINE

Body length

4.6 m

🦎 American alligator · ReptTraits

1.27 m

🦡 Giant otter · COMBINE

Maximum lifespan

77 yr

🦎 American alligator · AnAge

17 yr

🦡 Giant otter · COMBINE

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.