🐆
Leopard
Panthera pardus
Carnivores · Vulnerable
vs
🐾
Leopard seal
Hydrurga leptonyx
Carnivores · Least concern
One clip names both of them
2.6 million views between them.
Leopard seal outweighs Leopard 7.1× — 376 kg against 53.1 kg. Both figures are averages across males and females.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
53 kg
🐆 Leopard · COMBINE
376 kg
🐾 Leopard seal · COMBINE
Shoulder height
0.72 m
🐆 Leopard
no figure yet
🐾 Leopard seal
Body length
1.64 m
🐆 Leopard · COMBINE
3.02 m
🐾 Leopard seal · COMBINE
Top speed
58 km/h
🐆 Leopard
no figure yet
🐾 Leopard seal
Bite force
467 N
🐆 Leopard
no figure yet
🐾 Leopard seal
Maximum lifespan
27 yr
🐆 Leopard · COMBINE
26 yr
🐾 Leopard seal · COMBINE
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures. Bite force figures come from individual studies and vary a lot between sources.
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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).