🦬 American bison vs Musk ox 🦬
The American bison is about one and a half times as long as the musk ox. The American bison weighs about twice as much as the musk ox.
| Row | 🦬 American bison | 🦬 Musk ox |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed We don't have a checked number for the musk ox yet. | 35 mph56 km/h1 | no checked number yet |
| Weight The American bison weighs about twice as much as the musk ox. | 1,000 to 2,000 lb454 to 907 kg1 | 441 to 882 lb200 to 400 kg2 |
| Lives We don't have a checked number for the musk ox yet. | 12 to 20 years12 to 20 years3 | no checked number yet |
| Eats Both eat plants. | grasses and other prairie plants | grasses, sedges, willow twigs and flowering plants |
| Lives in They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet. | the prairies of the Great Plains in North America | the Arctic tundra of Greenland, northern Canada and Alaska |
Which one? American bison or musk ox
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the musk ox 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
- National Park Service, Wind Cave, checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Cape Krusenstern, checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Bison subject page, checked 30 October 2026.