Animal weight today compared to ancient relatives

Today's animals like boars, sharks, crocodiles, are much smaller in weight than their extinct ancient relatives.

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Ancient animals are much larger in size than today.

Now extinct

Water guinea pig: 45.4kg

Tatu 9 belts: 20.4kg

Ordinary koalas: 27.22kg

Wild boar: 68kg

Indian rhinoceros: 2 tons

: 4.5kg

South American river turtle: 46kg

White sharks: 2.2 tons

Central American crocodile: 381kg

The largest mouse weighs 9.1 tons

Doedicurus: 18.2 tons

Diprotodon: 18.2 tons

Brutal boar: 907kg

Non-horned rhinoceros: 20 tons

Incayaku Paracasensis: 59kg

Giant freshwater turtle: 2 tons

: 79.5 tons

Crocodylomorpha: 9 tons