🐿️ Eastern gray squirrel vs Raccoon 🦝
The raccoon is about 3 times as long as the eastern gray squirrel.
| Row | 🐿️ Eastern gray squirrel | 🦝 Raccoon |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed Neither has a checked number yet. | no checked number yet | no checked number yet |
| Weight We don't have a checked number for the eastern gray squirrel yet. | no checked number yet | 15 to 40 lb6.8 to 18 kg1 |
| Lives The eastern gray squirrel usually lives about one and a half times as long as the raccoon. | 1 year to 6 years1 year to 6 years2 | 1.8 to 3.1 years1.8 to 3.1 years3 |
| Eats The eastern gray squirrel eats plants; the raccoon eats plants and animals. | nuts, acorns, seeds, buds and fruit | fruit, nuts, eggs, frogs, crayfish and insects |
| Lives in They can live in the same kind of place. | forests, parks and backyards of eastern North America | woods, streams and towns across North America |
Which one? Eastern gray squirrel or raccoon
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the eastern gray squirrel or the raccoon 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
- National Park Service (raccoon quick facts), checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Lowell, checked 30 October 2026.
- USDA Forest Service, Fire Effects Information System, checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Castle Clinton, checked 30 October 2026.