🐃
Dromedary
Camelus dromedarius
Mammals · Endangered
vs
🐎
Horse
Equus ferus caballus
Mammals
One clip names both of them
38 views between them.
Dromedary outweighs Horse 1.4× — 434 kg against 300 kg. Both figures are averages across males and females.
To scale
Grid at 50 cm
50 cm
1 m
1.5 m
2 m
2.5 m
Silhouettes: PhyloPic (CC0).
Dromedary
1.90 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
434 kg
🐃 Dromedary · AnAge
300 kg
🐎 Horse · AnAge
Shoulder height
1.9 m
🐃 Dromedary
1.61 m
🐎 Horse
Top speed
no figure yet
🐃 Dromedary
64 km/h
🐎 Horse
Maximum lifespan
28 yr
🐃 Dromedary · 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).