🐴 Horse vs Moose 🦌
The moose is about twice as long as the horse. The moose is about one and a half times as fast as the horse. The moose is a bit heavier than the horse.
| Row | 🐴 Horse | 🦌 Moose |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed The moose is about one and a half times as fast as the horse. | 20 to 30 mph32 to 48 km/h1 | 35 mph56 km/h2 |
| Weight The moose is a bit heavier than the horse. | 701 to 1,000 lb318 to 454 kg3 | 701 to 1,400 lb318 to 635 kg4 |
| Lives The horse usually lives about one and a half times as long as the moose. | 30 years30 years5 | 15 to 25 years15 to 25 years2 |
| Eats Both eat plants. | grass and hay | leaves, twigs, bark and water plants |
| Lives in They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet. | farms and ranches, and wild herds in the American West and on islands like Assateague | the cold northern forests of North America, Europe and Asia |
Which one? Horse or moose
🏁 Who would win the race?
The moose gets to the tree first. Over a short dash it is about one and a half times as fast as the horse.
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
- USDA Forest Service, a trail guide for horses (full gallop), checked 31 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Grand Portage, checked 30 October 2026.
- Bureau of Land Management, about wild horses and burros, checked 31 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Denali, checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Pipe Spring: horses, checked 31 October 2026.