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Dog outweighs Virginia opossum 28× — 40 kg against 1.4 kg.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

1.41 kg

🐀 Virginia opossum · COMBINE

40 kg

🐕 Dog · AnAge

Body length

0.4 m

🐀 Virginia opossum · COMBINE

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🐕 Dog

Maximum lifespan

7 yr

🐀 Virginia opossum · COMBINE

27 yr

🐕 Dog · AnAge

Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.

Dieren voor de camera

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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 158 million years ago.

Estimates range from 156 to 166 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.

About this estimate

Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).