🦁 Lion vs Grévy's zebra 🦓
The lion is a bit bigger than the Grévy's zebra. The Grévy's zebra weighs about twice as much as the lion.
| Row | 🦁 Lion | 🦓 Grévy's zebra |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed Neither has a checked number yet. | no checked number yet | no checked number yet |
| Weight The Grévy's zebra weighs about twice as much as the lion. | 414 lb188 kg1 | 769 to 949 lb349 to 430 kg2 |
| Lives The Grévy's zebra usually lives about one and a half times as long as the lion. | 16 years16 years3 | 20 to 25 years20 to 25 years2 |
| Eats The lion eats meat; the Grévy's zebra eats plants. | zebras, wildebeest, buffalo and other grazing animals | tough dry grasses, plus leaves and bark |
| Lives in They can live in the same kind of place. | the savannas of Africa, and one forest in India | the dry grasslands of northern Kenya and Ethiopia |
Which one? Lion or Grévy's zebra
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the lion or the Grévy's zebra 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/lion-vs-zebra
Where these numbers come from
- US Fish and Wildlife Service, Federal Register 2015 (Listing Two Lion Subspecies), checked 30 October 2026.
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, checked 30 October 2026.
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, Lion, checked 30 October 2026.