🦏
Black rhinoceros
Diceros bicornis
Mammals · Critically endangered
vs
🦒
Giraffe
Giraffa camelopardalis
Mammals · Vulnerable
One clip names both of them
28 views between them.
Black rhinoceros outweighs Giraffe 1.2× — 996 kg against 800 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
996 kg
🦏 Black rhinoceros · COMBINE
800 kg
🦒 Giraffe · COMBINE
Shoulder height
no figure yet
🦏 Black rhinoceros
3.06 m
🦒 Giraffe
Body length
3.3 m
🦏 Black rhinoceros · COMBINE
4.45 m
🦒 Giraffe · COMBINE
Top speed
no figure yet
🦏 Black rhinoceros
56 km/h
🦒 Giraffe
Maximum lifespan
49 yr
🦏 Black rhinoceros · COMBINE
39 yr
🦒 Giraffe · COMBINE
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
Dieren voor de camera
Echte beelden van de dieren op deze site — hoe ze jagen, vechten en gewoon hun eigen gang gaan.
Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Laurasiatheria (superorder), home to 4,193 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.