🐈
Eurasian lynx
Lynx lynx
Carnivores · Least concern
vs
🐺
Grey wolf
Canis lupus
Carnivores · Least concern
5 clips name both of them
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Grey wolf outweighs Eurasian lynx 1.4× — 29.2 kg against 21.1 kg.
To scale
Grid at 50 cm
50 cm
1 m
1.5 m
2 m
Silhouettes: PhyloPic (CC0).
Eurasian lynx
0.63 m
at the shoulder
Human
1.70 m
full standing height
for scale
Grey wolf
0.73 m
at the shoulder · measured lying down
Tale of the tape
Body mass
21 kg
🐈 Eurasian lynx · COMBINE
29 kg
🐺 Grey wolf · COMBINE
Shoulder height
0.63 m
🐈 Eurasian lynx
0.73 m
🐺 Grey wolf
Body length
1.08 m
🐈 Eurasian lynx · COMBINE
1.27 m
🐺 Grey wolf · COMBINE
Top speed
no figure yet
🐈 Eurasian lynx
62 km/h
🐺 Grey wolf
Bite force
no figure yet
🐈 Eurasian lynx
593 N
🐺 Grey wolf
Maximum lifespan
27 yr
🐈 Eurasian lynx · COMBINE
29 yr
🐺 Grey wolf · 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).