Aardvark vs Leopard
The aardvark is heavier: 52.4 kg against 52 kg for the leopard, about 1% more.
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What is the difference between a aardvark and a leopard?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The aardvark is heavier: 52.4 kg against 52 kg for the leopard, about 1% more.
- The aardvark is longer-lived: 24 years against 23 years for the leopard, about 4% longer.
- They share the class Mammalia but sit in different orders: Aardvark in Tubulidentata, Leopard in Carnivora.
- The aardvark is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List; the leopard is Vulnerable.
Side by side
| Aardvark | Leopard | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Orycteropus afer | Panthera pardus |
| Family | Orycteropodidae | Felidae |
| Order | Tubulidentata | Carnivora |
| Weight | 52.4 kg – 56.2 kg | 52 kg – 53.1 kg |
| Length | Not recorded | 92 cm – 1.83 m |
| Lifespan | 24 years | 23 years |
| Main food | Not recorded | aardvark, african civet, african wildcat, antilope cervicapra, banded mongoose, barbary striped grass mouse and 76 more |
| Habitat | Not recorded | forest, shrubland |
| Conservation status | Least Concern | Vulnerable |
| Countries recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.
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