🐆 Cheetah vs Jaguar 🐆
The cheetah and the jaguar are about the same size. The jaguar weighs about twice as much as the cheetah.
| Row | 🐆 Cheetah | 🐆 Jaguar |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed We don't have a checked number for the jaguar yet. | 60 to 70 mph96 to 112 km/h1 | no checked number yet |
| Weight The jaguar weighs about twice as much as the cheetah. | 75 to 141 lb34 to 64 kg1 | 79 to 348 lb36 to 158 kg2 |
| Lives The jaguar usually lives about one and a half times as long as the cheetah. | 8 to 10 years8 to 10 years1 | 10 to 15 years10 to 15 years2 |
| Eats Both eat meat. | antelopes such as gazelles and impalas, and hares | capybaras, deer, fish, turtles and caimans |
| 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 rainforests and wetlands of Central and South America |
Which one? Cheetah or jaguar
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the jaguar 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, Cheetah, checked 30 October 2026.
- US Fish and Wildlife Service, Jaguar species profile, checked 30 October 2026.