🐺 Gray wolf vs Grizzly bear 🐻
The gray wolf and the grizzly bear are about the same size. They are about the same. The grizzly bear weighs about 5 times as much as the gray wolf.
| Row | 🐺 Gray wolf | 🐻 Grizzly bear |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed They are about the same. | 35 mph56 km/h1 | 35 mph56 km/h2 |
| Weight The grizzly bear weighs about 5 times as much as the gray wolf. | 90 to 110 lb41 to 50 kg1 | 243 to 661 lb110 to 300 kg3 |
| Lives The grizzly bear usually lives about 6 times as long as the gray wolf. | 4 to 5 years4 to 5 years1 | 25 years25 years3 |
| Eats The gray wolf eats meat; the grizzly bear eats plants and animals. | deer, elk, moose and smaller animals like beavers | roots, berries, grasses, nuts, fish, insects and meat |
| Lives in They can live in the same kind of place. | forests, mountains and tundra of North America, Europe and Asia | the mountains and forests of western North America, from Alaska to Wyoming |
Which one? Gray wolf or grizzly bear
🏁 Who would win the race?
A photo finish! The gray wolf and the grizzly bear are about as fast as each other.
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, Yellowstone (wolf facts), checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Glacier, 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.