🐾
Giant anteater
Myrmecophaga tridactyla
Mammals · Vulnerable
vs
🦦
Eurasian otter
Lutra lutra
Carnivores · Near threatened
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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).