🐱 Cat vs Tiger 🐅
The tiger is about 3 times as long as the cat. The tiger weighs about 35 times as much as the cat.
| Row | 🐱 Cat | 🐅 Tiger |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed Neither has a checked number yet. | no checked number yet | no checked number yet |
| Weight The tiger weighs about 35 times as much as the cat. | 7.9 to 11 lb3.6 to 5 kg1 | 249 to 375 lb113 to 170 kg2 |
| Lives They are about the same. | 13 to 17 years13 to 17 years1 | 15 years15 years2 |
| Eats Both eat meat. | cat food, which is mostly meat | deer and wild pigs |
| Lives in They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet. | homes and farms all over the world | forests and grasslands of Asia, from India to the far east of Russia |
Which one? Cat or tiger
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the cat or the tiger 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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The link carries only the two animals’ names: peabody.kids/animals/compare/cat-vs-tiger
Where these numbers come from
- USDA APHIS Wildlife Services, free-ranging and feral cats (PDF), checked 31 October 2026.
- US Fish and Wildlife Service, Federal Register 2010 (tiger delisting petition 90-day finding), checked 30 October 2026.