🐆 Cheetah vs Grizzly bear 🐻
The cheetah and the grizzly bear are about the same size. The cheetah is about twice as fast as the grizzly bear. The grizzly bear weighs about 4 times as much as the cheetah.
| Row | 🐆 Cheetah | 🐻 Grizzly bear |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed The cheetah is about twice as fast as the grizzly bear. | 60 to 70 mph96 to 112 km/h1 | 35 mph56 km/h2 |
| Weight The grizzly bear weighs about 4 times as much as the cheetah. | 75 to 141 lb34 to 64 kg1 | 243 to 661 lb110 to 300 kg3 |
| Lives The grizzly bear usually lives about 3 times as long as the cheetah. | 8 to 10 years8 to 10 years1 | 25 years25 years3 |
| Eats The cheetah eats meat; the grizzly bear eats plants and animals. | antelopes such as gazelles and impalas, and hares | roots, berries, grasses, nuts, fish, insects and meat |
| Lives in They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet. | the grasslands of eastern and southern Africa, and a few in Iran | the mountains and forests of western North America, from Alaska to Wyoming |
Which one? Cheetah or grizzly bear
🏁 Who would win the race?
The cheetah gets to the tree first. Over a short dash it is about twice as fast as the grizzly bear. But a cheetah can only keep up its top speed for a short dash.
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, Cheetah, checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Glacier, checked 30 October 2026.
- US Fish and Wildlife Service (grizzly bear species profile), checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Bears (brown bears), checked 30 October 2026.