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Blue whale outweighs Eurasian otter 19080× — 149,000 kg against 7.8 kg.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

7.81 kg

🦦 Eurasian otter · COMBINE

149,000 kg

🐋 Blue whale · COMBINE

Body length

0.75 m

🦦 Eurasian otter · COMBINE

30 m

🐋 Blue whale · COMBINE

Maximum lifespan

22 yr

🦦 Eurasian otter · COMBINE

110 yr

🐋 Blue whale · 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.

They last shared an ancestor about 64 million years ago.

Estimates range from 58 to 76 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.

About this estimate

Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).