🦬
American bison
Bison bison
Mammals · Near threatened
vs
🧍
Human
Homo sapiens
Primates · Least concern
4 clips name both of them
48 million views between them.
American bison outweighs Human 10× — 625 kg against 62 kg.
To scale
Grid at 50 cm
50 cm
1 m
1.5 m
2 m
Silhouettes: PhyloPic (CC0).
American bison
1.66 m
at the shoulder
Human
1.70 m
full standing height
Tale of the tape
Body mass
625 kg
🦬 American bison · COMBINE
62 kg
🧍 Human · AnAge
Shoulder height
1.66 m
🦬 American bison
no figure yet
🧍 Human
Body length
2.9 m
🦬 American bison · COMBINE
no figure yet
🧍 Human
Top speed
52 km/h
🦬 American bison
38 km/h
🧍 Human
Bite force
no figure yet
🦬 American bison
843 N
🧍 Human
Maximum lifespan
33 yr
🦬 American bison · COMBINE
123 yr
🧍 Human · AnAge
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures. Bite force figures come from individual studies and vary a lot between sources.
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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 81 million years ago.
Estimates range from 74 to 89 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.
About this estimate
Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).