🐕
Dog
Canis familiaris
Carnivores
vs
🦛
Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus amphibius
Mammals · Vulnerable
One clip names both of them
3.8 million views between them.
Hippopotamus outweighs Dog 66× — 2,640 kg against 40 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
40 kg
🐕 Dog · AnAge
2,640 kg
🦛 Hippopotamus · COMBINE
Shoulder height
no figure yet
🐕 Dog
1.47 m
🦛 Hippopotamus
Body length
no figure yet
🐕 Dog
5.05 m
🦛 Hippopotamus · COMBINE
Top speed
no figure yet
🐕 Dog
24 km/h
🦛 Hippopotamus
Maximum lifespan
27 yr
🐕 Dog · AnAge
61 yr
🦛 Hippopotamus · COMBINE
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.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.