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Giant anteater outweighs Eurasian otter 3.8× — 29.5 kg against 7.8 kg.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

30 kg

🐾 Giant anteater · COMBINE

7.81 kg

🦦 Eurasian otter · COMBINE

Body length

1.51 m

🐾 Giant anteater · COMBINE

0.75 m

🦦 Eurasian otter · COMBINE

Maximum lifespan

32 yr

🐾 Giant anteater · COMBINE

22 yr

🦦 Eurasian otter · COMBINE

Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.

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Shared ancestry

The closest group they share is Theria (subclass), home to 9,319 species.

They last shared an ancestor about 87 million years ago.

Estimates range from 78 to 117 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.

About this estimate

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