🐃
Cape buffalo
Syncerus caffer
Mammals · Near threatened
vs
🐾
Common warthog
Phacochoerus africanus
Mammals · Least concern
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Cape buffalo outweighs Common warthog 7.1× — 646 kg against 91.3 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
646 kg
🐃 Cape buffalo · COMBINE
91 kg
🐾 Common warthog · COMBINE
Shoulder height
1.35 m
🐃 Cape buffalo
no figure yet
🐾 Common warthog
Body length
2.96 m
🐃 Cape buffalo · COMBINE
1.36 m
🐾 Common warthog · COMBINE
Top speed
55 km/h
🐃 Cape buffalo
no figure yet
🐾 Common warthog
Maximum lifespan
30 yr
🐃 Cape buffalo · COMBINE
21 yr
🐾 Common warthog · COMBINE
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Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Artiodactyla (order), home to 848 species.
They last shared an ancestor about 53 million years ago.
Estimates range from 47 to 65 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.
About this estimate
Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).