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Eurasian badger outweighs Cat 3.0× — 11.9 kg against 3.9 kg.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

3.9 kg

🐈 Cat · AnAge

12 kg

🦡 Eurasian badger · COMBINE

Shoulder height

0.26 m

🐈 Cat

no figure yet

🦡 Eurasian badger

Body length

no figure yet

🐈 Cat

0.8 m

🦡 Eurasian badger · COMBINE

Maximum lifespan

30 yr

🐈 Cat · AnAge

19 yr

🦡 Eurasian badger · COMBINE

Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.

Zwierzęta uchwycone przez kamerę

Prawdziwe nagrania zwierząt z tego serwisu — polowania, walki i zwykła codzienność.

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).