🦁
Lion
Panthera leo
Carnivores · Vulnerable
vs
🐺
Grey wolf
Canis lupus
Carnivores · Least concern
6 clips name both of them
2,436 views between them.
Lion outweighs Grey wolf 5.1× — 149 kg against 29.2 kg. Both figures are averages across males and females.
To scale
Grid at 50 cm
50 cm
1 m
1.5 m
2 m
Silhouettes: PhyloPic — Lukasiniho (CC BY-NC-SA); others CC0.
Lion
1.15 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
149 kg
🦁 Lion · COMBINE
29 kg
🐺 Grey wolf · COMBINE
Shoulder height
1.15 m
🦁 Lion
0.73 m
🐺 Grey wolf
Body length
2.17 m
🦁 Lion · COMBINE
1.27 m
🐺 Grey wolf · COMBINE
Top speed
55 km/h
🦁 Lion
62 km/h
🐺 Grey wolf
Bite force
1,768 N
🦁 Lion
593 N
🐺 Grey wolf
Maximum lifespan
30 yr
🦁 Lion · 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.
Животные, попавшие в кадр
Настоящие видео животных с этого сайта: как они охотятся, драются и просто живут своей жизнью.
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).