One clip names both of them

2.4 million views between them.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

150 kg

🦎 American alligator · AnAge

no figure yet

🦎 Axolotl

Body length

4.6 m

🦎 American alligator · ReptTraits

0.3 m

🦎 Axolotl · AmphiBIO

Maximum lifespan

77 yr

🦎 American alligator · AnAge

17 yr

🦎 Axolotl · AnAge

Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.

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Shared ancestry

The closest group they share is Tetrapoda (superclass), home to 51,389 species.

We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.