🐆 Jaguar vs Tiger 🐅
The tiger is a bit bigger than the jaguar. The tiger weighs about one and a half times as much as the jaguar.
| Row | 🐆 Jaguar | 🐅 Tiger |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed Neither has a checked number yet. | no checked number yet | no checked number yet |
| Weight The tiger weighs about one and a half times as much as the jaguar. | 79 to 348 lb36 to 158 kg1 | 249 to 375 lb113 to 170 kg2 |
| Lives The tiger lives a bit longer than the jaguar. | 10 to 15 years10 to 15 years1 | 15 years15 years2 |
| Eats Both eat meat. | capybaras, deer, fish, turtles and caimans | deer and wild pigs |
| Lives in They can live in the same kind of place. | the rainforests and wetlands of Central and South America | forests and grasslands of Asia, from India to the far east of Russia |
Which one? Jaguar or tiger
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the jaguar or 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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Where these numbers come from
- US Fish and Wildlife Service, Jaguar species profile, checked 30 October 2026.
- US Fish and Wildlife Service, Federal Register 2010 (tiger delisting petition 90-day finding), checked 30 October 2026.