🐼 Giant panda vs Grizzly bear 🐻
The grizzly bear is a bit bigger than the giant panda. The grizzly bear is a bit heavier than the giant panda.
| Row | 🐼 Giant panda | 🐻 Grizzly bear |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed We don't have a checked number for the giant panda yet. | no checked number yet | 35 mph56 km/h1 |
| Weight The grizzly bear is a bit heavier than the giant panda. | 351 lb159 kg2 | 243 to 661 lb110 to 300 kg3 |
| Lives The grizzly bear usually lives about one and a half times as long as the giant panda. | 15 years15 years2 | 25 years25 years3 |
| Eats The giant panda eats plants; the grizzly bear eats plants and animals. | bamboo, mostly, and sometimes other plants | roots, berries, grasses, nuts, fish, insects and meat |
| Lives in They can live in the same kind of place. | the cool mountain forests of central China | the mountains and forests of western North America, from Alaska to Wyoming |
Which one? Giant panda or grizzly bear
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the giant panda 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/giant-panda-vs-grizzly-bear
Where these numbers come from
- National Park Service, Glacier, checked 30 October 2026.
- US Fish and Wildlife Service, Giant Panda species page, checked 30 October 2026.
- US Fish and Wildlife Service (grizzly bear species profile), checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Bears (brown bears), checked 30 October 2026.