🐕
Dog
Canis familiaris
Carnivores
vs
🐈
Eurasian lynx
Lynx lynx
Carnivores · Least concern
One clip names both of them
91 views between them.
Dog outweighs Eurasian lynx 1.9× — 40 kg against 21.1 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
40 kg
🐕 Dog · AnAge
21 kg
🐈 Eurasian lynx · COMBINE
Shoulder height
no figure yet
🐕 Dog
0.63 m
🐈 Eurasian lynx
Body length
no figure yet
🐕 Dog
1.08 m
🐈 Eurasian lynx · COMBINE
Maximum lifespan
27 yr
🐕 Dog · AnAge
27 yr
🐈 Eurasian lynx · COMBINE
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
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Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Carnivora (order), home to 728 species.
They last shared an ancestor about 39 million years ago.
Estimates range from 32 to 45 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.
About this estimate
Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).