🦅 Andean condor vs Snow leopard 🐆
The snow leopard is about twice as long as the andean condor. The snow leopard weighs about 4 times as much as the andean condor.
Getting the animals ready…
| Row | 🦅 Andean condor | 🐆 Snow leopard |
|---|---|---|
| Size The snow leopard is about twice as long as the andean condor. | 3.2 to 4.2 ft98 cm to 1.3 m1 | 5.9 to 7.5 ft1.8 to 2.3 m2 |
| Top speed Neither has a checked number yet. | no checked number yet | no checked number yet |
| Weight The snow leopard weighs about 4 times as much as the andean condor. | 17 to 33 lb7.7 to 15 kg1 | 77 to 99 lb35 to 45 kg2 |
| Lives The andean condor usually lives about twice as long as the snow leopard. | 50 years50 years1 | 21 years21 years2 |
| Eats Both eat meat. | animals that have already died, and sometimes small animals such as rabbits | blue sheep and other animals of the mountains |
| Lives in They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet. | mountains and coastal mountains from Venezuela to the southern tip of South America | high, cold mountains in Asia, from the forest edge up to bare rock |
Which one? Andean condor or snow leopard
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the andean condor or the snow leopard 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. Our face-off books compare real numbers, and nobody gets hurt.
10 things to know about Andean condor vs Snow leopard
- The andean condor: A huge black vulture with the longest wings of any land bird.
- The snow leopard: A pale, spotted cat with a long tail that lives in high mountains.
- They are different kinds of animal. The andean condor is a bird, so it has feathers and lays eggs; the snow leopard is a mammal, so it breathes air with lungs and feeds its babies milk.
- The snow leopard is about twice as long as the andean condor: 2 against 1.
- The snow leopard weighs about 4 times as much as the andean condor. That is 1 for the andean condor and 2 for the snow leopard.
- The andean condor usually lives about twice as long as the snow leopard. Usual lifespans: 1 for the andean condor and 2 for the snow leopard.
- Both eat meat. The andean condor eats animals that have already died, and sometimes small animals such as rabbits; the snow leopard eats blue sheep and other animals of the mountains.
- The andean condor lives in mountains and coastal mountains from Venezuela to the southern tip of South America. The snow leopard lives in high, cold mountains in Asia, from the forest edge up to bare rock. They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet.
- The andean condor: needs help (Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List). 3
- The snow leopard: needs help (Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List). 4
Wow facts
🦅 Andean condor
- An Andean condor has the longest wings of any land bird.
- It can travel a very long way in a day.
- It cleans up animals that have already died.
🐆 Snow leopard
- A snow leopard has a tail almost as long as its body.
- It lives high in the cold mountains of Asia.
- It is so hard to see that scientists know little about it.
Questions kids ask about Andean condor and Snow leopard
Which is bigger, andean condor or snow leopard?
The snow leopard is about twice as long as the andean condor: 2 against 1.
Which is heavier, andean condor or snow leopard?
The snow leopard weighs about 4 times as much as the andean condor. That is 1 for the andean condor and 2 for the snow leopard.
Which lives longer, andean condor or snow leopard?
The andean condor usually lives about twice as long as the snow leopard. Usual lifespans: 1 for the andean condor and 2 for the snow leopard.
What do andean condor and snow leopard eat?
Both eat meat. The andean condor eats animals that have already died, and sometimes small animals such as rabbits; the snow leopard eats blue sheep and other animals of the mountains.
Where do andean condor and snow leopard live?
The andean condor lives in mountains and coastal mountains from Venezuela to the southern tip of South America. The snow leopard lives in high, cold mountains in Asia, from the forest edge up to bare rock. They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet.
Who would win, andean condor or snow leopard?
We never show fights, because a fight is not a fair way to compare animals. They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet. What we can compare is how big, how heavy, how fast, how long they live and what they eat, as above.
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The link carries only the two animals’ names: peabody.kids/animals/compare/andean-condor-vs-snow-leopard
Where these numbers come from
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Animal Diversity Web: Vultur gryphus (Andean condor), checked 10 November 2026.
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Animal Diversity Web: Uncia uncia (snow leopard), checked 10 November 2026.
- Wikidata, from the IUCN Red List, checked 10 November 2026.
- Wikidata, from the IUCN Red List, checked 10 November 2026.