🐺 Coyote vs Pronghorn 🦌
The pronghorn is about 3 times as long as the coyote. The pronghorn weighs about 4 times as much as the coyote.
| Row | 🐺 Coyote | 🦌 Pronghorn |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed We don't have a checked number for the coyote yet. | no checked number yet | 55 mph89 km/h1 |
| Weight The pronghorn weighs about 4 times as much as the coyote. | 25 to 35 lb11 to 16 kg2 | 90 to 125 lb41 to 57 kg3 |
| Lives The pronghorn usually lives about one and a half times as long as the coyote. | 6 years6 years2 | 7 to 10 years7 to 10 years3 |
| Eats The coyote eats plants and animals; the pronghorn eats plants. | mice, rabbits, insects, berries and fruit | sagebrush, grasses and wildflowers |
| Lives in They can live in the same kind of place. | nearly all of North America, from deserts and forests to big cities | the grasslands and sagebrush deserts of western North America |
Which one? Coyote or pronghorn
🏁 Who would win the race?
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.
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The link carries only the two animals’ names: peabody.kids/animals/compare/coyote-vs-pronghorn
Where these numbers come from
- National Park Service, Badlands, checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Yellowstone, checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Yellowstone, checked 30 October 2026.