🦎
American alligator
Alligator mississippiensis
Reptiles · Least concern
vs
🦛
Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus amphibius
Mammals · Vulnerable
One clip names both of them
15 million views between them.
Hippopotamus outweighs American alligator 18× — 2,640 kg against 150 kg. Both figures are averages across males and females.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
150 kg
🦎 American alligator · AnAge
2,640 kg
🦛 Hippopotamus · COMBINE
Shoulder height
no figure yet
🦎 American alligator
1.47 m
🦛 Hippopotamus
Body length
4.6 m
🦎 American alligator · ReptTraits
5.05 m
🦛 Hippopotamus · COMBINE
Top speed
no figure yet
🦎 American alligator
24 km/h
🦛 Hippopotamus
Maximum lifespan
77 yr
🦎 American alligator · AnAge
61 yr
🦛 Hippopotamus · COMBINE
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
Тварини, які потрапили в кадр
Справжні відео тварин із цього сайту: як вони полюють, б’ються і просто живуть своїм життям.
Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Tetrapoda (superclass), home to 51,389 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.