🐘
Asian elephant
Elephas maximus
Mammals · Endangered
vs
🐘
Elephant
Loxodonta africana
Mammals · Endangered
14 clips name both of them
737,106 views between them.
Elephant outweighs Asian elephant 1.4× — 4,565 kg against 3,220 kg.
To scale
Grid at 1 m
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Silhouettes: PhyloPic — T. Michael Keesey (CC BY); others CC0.
Asian elephant
2.55 m
at the shoulder
Human
1.70 m
full standing height
for scale
Elephant
2.80 m
at the shoulder
Tale of the tape
Body mass
3,220 kg
🐘 Asian elephant · COMBINE
4,565 kg
🐘 Elephant · COMBINE
Shoulder height
2.55 m
🐘 Asian elephant
2.8 m
🐘 Elephant
Body length
4.16 m
🐘 Asian elephant · COMBINE
7.5 m
🐘 Elephant · COMBINE
Top speed
no figure yet
🐘 Asian elephant
25 km/h
🐘 Elephant
Maximum lifespan
80 yr
🐘 Asian elephant · COMBINE
80 yr
🐘 Elephant · COMBINE
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
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Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Elephantidae (family), home to 12 species.
They last shared an ancestor about 4.9 million years ago.
Estimates range from 1.9 to 7.4 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.
About this estimate
Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).