🐺 Gray wolf vs Tiger 🐅
The tiger is about one and a half times as long as the gray wolf. The tiger weighs about 3 times as much as the gray wolf.
| Row | 🐺 Gray wolf | 🐅 Tiger |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed We don't have a checked number for the tiger yet. | 35 mph56 km/h1 | no checked number yet |
| Weight The tiger weighs about 3 times as much as the gray wolf. | 90 to 110 lb41 to 50 kg1 | 249 to 375 lb113 to 170 kg2 |
| Lives The tiger usually lives about 3 times as long as the gray wolf. | 4 to 5 years4 to 5 years1 | 15 years15 years2 |
| Eats Both eat meat. | deer, elk, moose and smaller animals like beavers | deer and wild pigs |
| Lives in They can live in the same kind of place. | forests, mountains and tundra of North America, Europe and Asia | forests and grasslands of Asia, from India to the far east of Russia |
Which one? Gray wolf or tiger
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the tiger 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/gray-wolf-vs-tiger
Where these numbers come from
- National Park Service, Yellowstone (wolf facts), checked 30 October 2026.
- US Fish and Wildlife Service, Federal Register 2010 (tiger delisting petition 90-day finding), checked 30 October 2026.