🐘
Elephant
Loxodonta africana
Mammals · Endangered
vs
🦍
Western gorilla
Gorilla gorilla
Primates · Critically endangered
2 clips name both of them
3.9 million views between them.
Elephant outweighs Western gorilla 36× — 4,565 kg against 126 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
4,565 kg
🐘 Elephant · COMBINE
126 kg
🦍 Western gorilla · COMBINE
Shoulder height
2.8 m
🐘 Elephant
no figure yet
🦍 Western gorilla
Body length
7.5 m
🐘 Elephant · COMBINE
1.67 m
🦍 Western gorilla · COMBINE
Top speed
25 km/h
🐘 Elephant
31 km/h
🦍 Western gorilla
Bite force
no figure yet
🐘 Elephant
1,723 N
🦍 Western gorilla
Maximum lifespan
80 yr
🐘 Elephant · COMBINE
55 yr
🦍 Western gorilla · COMBINE
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.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.