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Eurasian lynx outweighs Eastern gray squirrel 39× — 21.1 kg against 0.5 kg.

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Body mass

21 kg

🐈 Eurasian lynx · COMBINE

0.54 kg

🐿️ Eastern gray squirrel · COMBINE

Shoulder height

0.63 m

🐈 Eurasian lynx

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🐿️ Eastern gray squirrel

Body length

1.08 m

🐈 Eurasian lynx · COMBINE

0.32 m

🐿️ Eastern gray squirrel · COMBINE

Maximum lifespan

27 yr

🐈 Eurasian lynx · COMBINE

24 yr

🐿️ Eastern gray squirrel · 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 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).