🐼 Giant panda vs Koala 🐨
The giant panda weighs about 15 times as much as the koala.
Koala: no checked size yet, so it isn't drawn.
| Row | 🐼 Giant panda | 🐨 Koala |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed Neither has a checked number yet. | no checked number yet | no checked number yet |
| Weight The giant panda weighs about 15 times as much as the koala. | 351 lb159 kg1 | 8.8 to 33 lb4 to 15 kg2 |
| Lives We don't have a checked number for the koala yet. | 15 years15 years1 | no checked number yet |
| Eats Both eat plants. | bamboo, mostly, and sometimes other plants | eucalyptus leaves |
| Lives in They can live in the same kind of place. | the cool mountain forests of central China | the eucalyptus forests of eastern Australia |
Which one? Giant panda or koala
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the giant panda or the koala 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-koala
Where these numbers come from
- US Fish and Wildlife Service, Giant Panda species page, checked 30 October 2026.
- US Fish and Wildlife Service, Federal Register 2000 (Threatened Status for the Koala), checked 30 October 2026.