🐃
Domestic yak
Bos grunniens
Mammals
vs
🐎
Horse
Equus ferus caballus
Mammals
One clip names both of them
3,737 views between them.
Domestic yak outweighs Horse 2.2× — 667 kg against 300 kg.
To scale
Grid at 50 cm
50 cm
1 m
1.5 m
2 m
Silhouettes: PhyloPic — Zimices (CC BY); others CC0.
Domestic yak
1.20 m
at the shoulder
Human
1.70 m
full standing height
for scale
Horse
1.61 m
at the shoulder
Tale of the tape
Body mass
667 kg
🐃 Domestic yak · AnAge
300 kg
🐎 Horse · AnAge
Shoulder height
1.2 m
🐃 Domestic yak
1.61 m
🐎 Horse
Top speed
no figure yet
🐃 Domestic yak
64 km/h
🐎 Horse
Maximum lifespan
26 yr
🐃 Domestic yak · AnAge
57 yr
🐎 Horse · AnAge
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
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Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Laurasiatheria (superorder), home to 4,193 species.
They last shared an ancestor about 61 million years ago.
Estimates range from 53 to 69 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.
About this estimate
Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).