🐹
Capybara
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
Mammals · Least concern
vs
🐕
Dog
Canis familiaris
Carnivores
2 clips name both of them
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Capybara outweighs Dog 1.3× — 51.6 kg against 40 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
52 kg
🐹 Capybara · COMBINE
40 kg
🐕 Dog · AnAge
Shoulder height
0.57 m
🐹 Capybara
no figure yet
🐕 Dog
Body length
1.25 m
🐹 Capybara · COMBINE
no figure yet
🐕 Dog
Maximum lifespan
15 yr
🐹 Capybara · COMBINE
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 Theria (subclass), home to 9,319 species.
They last shared an ancestor about 81 million years ago.
Estimates range from 74 to 89 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.
About this estimate
Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).