🦉 Eurasian eagle-owl vs Red fox 🦊
The red fox is about one and a half times as long as the eurasian eagle-owl. The red fox weighs about one and a half times as much as the eurasian eagle-owl.
Getting the animals ready…
| Row | 🦉 Eurasian eagle-owl | 🦊 Red fox |
|---|---|---|
| Size The red fox is about one and a half times as long as the eurasian eagle-owl. | 23 to 28 in58 to 71 cm1 | 3.6 ft1.1 m2 |
| Top speed Neither has a checked number yet. | no checked number yet | no checked number yet |
| Weight The red fox weighs about one and a half times as much as the eurasian eagle-owl. | 3.5 to 9.3 lb1.6 to 4.2 kg1 | 9 to 11 lb4.1 to 5 kg3 |
| Lives The eurasian eagle-owl usually lives about 4 times as long as the red fox. | 10 to 20 years10 to 20 years1 | 3 to 4 years3 to 4 years4 |
| Eats The eurasian eagle-owl eats meat; the red fox eats plants and animals. | rats, mice, voles and beetles, and sometimes larger animals and other birds | mice, rabbits, birds, insects, fruit and berries |
| Lives in They can live in the same kind of place. | forests, mountains, deserts, riverbeds and farmland across Europe, Asia and North Africa | most of the Northern Hemisphere, from forests and farms to city parks |
Which one? Eurasian eagle-owl or red fox
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the eurasian eagle-owl or the red fox 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. Our face-off books compare real numbers, and nobody gets hurt.
10 things to know about Eurasian eagle-owl vs Red fox
- The eurasian eagle-owl: A huge owl with orange eyes and ear tufts.
- The red fox: A red fox can hear a mouse squeaking under deep snow.
- They are different kinds of animal. The eurasian eagle-owl is a bird, so it has feathers and lays eggs; the red fox is a mammal, so it breathes air with lungs and feeds its babies milk.
- The red fox is about one and a half times as long as the eurasian eagle-owl: 2 against 1.
- The red fox weighs about one and a half times as much as the eurasian eagle-owl. That is 1 for the eurasian eagle-owl and 3 for the red fox.
- The eurasian eagle-owl usually lives about 4 times as long as the red fox. Usual lifespans: 1 for the eurasian eagle-owl and 4 for the red fox.
- The eurasian eagle-owl eats rats, mice, voles and beetles, and sometimes larger animals and other birds. The red fox eats mice, rabbits, birds, insects, fruit and berries.
- The eurasian eagle-owl lives in forests, mountains, deserts, riverbeds and farmland across Europe, Asia and North Africa. The red fox lives in most of the Northern Hemisphere, from forests and farms to city parks. They can live in the same kind of place.
- The eurasian eagle-owl: doing fine (Least Concern on the IUCN Red List). 5
- The red fox: doing fine (Least Concern on the IUCN Red List). 6
Wow facts
🦉 Eurasian eagle-owl
- A Eurasian eagle-owl lives in forests, deserts and mountains.
- Females are bigger than males.
- It eats almost anything it can catch.
🦊 Red fox
- A red fox has pupils shaped like slits, like a cat's.
- Red fox kits are born with brownish-gray fur, and the red coat comes later.
- Red foxes live in cities, forests, farms and even deserts.
Questions kids ask about Eurasian eagle-owl and Red fox
Which is bigger, eurasian eagle-owl or red fox?
The red fox is about one and a half times as long as the eurasian eagle-owl: 2 against 1.
Which is heavier, eurasian eagle-owl or red fox?
The red fox weighs about one and a half times as much as the eurasian eagle-owl. That is 1 for the eurasian eagle-owl and 3 for the red fox.
Which lives longer, eurasian eagle-owl or red fox?
The eurasian eagle-owl usually lives about 4 times as long as the red fox. Usual lifespans: 1 for the eurasian eagle-owl and 4 for the red fox.
What do eurasian eagle-owl and red fox eat?
The eurasian eagle-owl eats rats, mice, voles and beetles, and sometimes larger animals and other birds. The red fox eats mice, rabbits, birds, insects, fruit and berries.
Where do eurasian eagle-owl and red fox live?
The eurasian eagle-owl lives in forests, mountains, deserts, riverbeds and farmland across Europe, Asia and North Africa. The red fox lives in most of the Northern Hemisphere, from forests and farms to city parks. They can live in the same kind of place.
Do eurasian eagle-owls eat red foxes?
The eurasian eagle-owl eats rats, mice, voles and beetles, and sometimes larger animals and other birds. Red foxes are not in that list, which comes from its page. And the red fox is about one and a half times as long as the eurasian eagle-owl.
Who would win, eurasian eagle-owl or red fox?
We never show fights, because a fight is not a fair way to compare animals. They can share the same kind of place, and real animals mostly keep out of each other's way. What we can compare is how big, how heavy, how fast, how long they live and what they eat, as above.
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The link carries only the two animals’ names: peabody.kids/animals/compare/eurasian-eagle-owl-vs-red-fox
Where these numbers come from
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Animal Diversity Web: Bubo bubo (Eurasian eagle-owl), checked 10 November 2026.
- National Park Service, Yellowstone, checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service (The Clever Red Fox), checked 30 October 2026.
- USDA Forest Service, Fire Effects Information System, checked 30 October 2026.
- Wikidata, from the IUCN Red List, checked 10 November 2026.
- Wikidata, from the IUCN Red List, checked 30 October 2026.