The Closest Relative?

Genetic studies indicate that the grey wolf is the closest living relative of the dog.

The tiger shares 95.6 percent of its DNA with domestic cats.

Humans and chimps share 98.8 percent of their DNA. The first comparison of human and Neanderthal DNA shows that the two lineages diverged about 400,000 years ago and that Neanderthals may have had more DNA in common with chimps than with modern humans.

The hyena's closest relatives are members of the Herpestidae family, consisting of mongooses and meerkats.

The closest living relatives of dolphins are hippopotami.

Horses, tapirs and rhinos are in the same group or 'order' and are known as 'Perissodactyls'.

Rats and capybaras are rodents. Opossums and skunks are not rodents.

The closest living relatives of Tyrannosaurus rex are birds such as chickens and ostriches.

Sloths are xenarthrans – their closest relatives include anteaters and armadillos.

Wombats closest living relatives are koalas.

Warthogs are members of the same family as domestic pigs.

Genetically, you carry more of your mother's genes than your father's. That's because of little organelles that live within your cells, the mitochondria, which you only receive from your mother. You carry roughly the same as your siblings.

Horseshoe crabs' closest living relatives are ticks, spiders, and scorpions.

The only close relative of the okapi is the giraffe.

Turtles, not birds, have been found to be the closest relatives of crocodiles and alligators.

The closest living relative of the dodo is the Nicobar Pigeon.