🐺 Coyote vs Gray wolf 🐺

The gray wolf is about 4 times as long as the coyote. The gray wolf weighs about 3 times as much as the coyote.

🧒 our measuring child, 4 ft1.2 m🐺 Coyote, 18.1 in46 cm at the shoulder🐺 Gray wolf, 6 ft1.8 m long

Row	🐺 Coyote	🐺 Gray wolf
Top speed We don't have a checked number for the coyote yet.	no checked number yet	35 mph56 km/h1
Weight The gray wolf weighs about 3 times as much as the coyote.	25 to 35 lb11 to 16 kg2	90 to 110 lb41 to 50 kg1
Lives The coyote lives a bit longer than the gray wolf.	6 years6 years2	4 to 5 years4 to 5 years1
Eats The coyote eats plants and animals; the gray wolf eats meat.	mice, rabbits, insects, berries and fruit	deer, elk, moose and smaller animals like beavers
Lives in They can live in the same kind of place.	nearly all of North America, from deserts and forests to big cities	forests, mountains and tundra of North America, Europe and Asia

Which one? Coyote or gray wolf

⚖️ Weight

🐺 Coyote25 to 35 lb11 to 16 kg2

🐺 Gray wolf90 to 110 lb41 to 50 kg1

🎂 Lives

🐺 Coyote6 years6 years2

🐺 Gray wolf4 to 5 years4 to 5 years1

We don't have a checked top speed for the coyote 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.

Getting the animals ready…

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