🐢 Aldabra giant tortoise vs Mojave desert tortoise 🐢
The Aldabra giant tortoise is about 4 times as long as the Mojave desert tortoise. The Aldabra giant tortoise weighs about 40 times as much as the Mojave desert tortoise.
| Row | 🐢 Aldabra giant tortoise | 🐢 Mojave desert tortoise |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed Neither has a checked number yet. | no checked number yet | no checked number yet |
| Weight The Aldabra giant tortoise weighs about 40 times as much as the Mojave desert tortoise. | 351 to 551 lb159 to 250 kg1 | 7.9 to 15 lb3.6 to 6.8 kg2 |
| Lives The Aldabra giant tortoise usually lives about one and a half times as long as the Mojave desert tortoise. | 100 years100 years1 | 50 to 80 years50 to 80 years2 |
| Eats Both eat plants. | grass, leaves, woody plants and fallen fruit | grasses, wildflowers and cactus pads |
| Lives in They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet. | Aldabra, a ring of coral islands in the Indian Ocean, and a few nearby islands where people have brought them | the Mojave Desert of California, Nevada, Arizona and Utah |
Which one? Aldabra giant tortoise or Mojave desert tortoise
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the Aldabra giant tortoise or the Mojave desert tortoise yet, so there is no race.
We only race. Real animals mostly avoid each other. A race is the only fair contest: who reaches the tree first, by top speed.
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Where these numbers come from
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, checked 30 October 2026.
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, species profile, checked 30 October 2026.