🦌 Moose vs Musk ox 🦬
The moose and the musk ox are about the same size. The moose weighs about one and a half times as much as the musk ox.
| Row | 🦌 Moose | 🦬 Musk ox |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed We don't have a checked number for the musk ox yet. | 35 mph56 km/h1 | no checked number yet |
| Weight The moose weighs about one and a half times as much as the musk ox. | 701 to 1,400 lb318 to 635 kg2 | 441 to 882 lb200 to 400 kg3 |
| Lives We don't have a checked number for the musk ox yet. | 15 to 25 years15 to 25 years1 | no checked number yet |
| Eats Both eat plants. | leaves, twigs, bark and water plants | grasses, sedges, willow twigs and flowering plants |
| Lives in They can live in the same kind of place. | the cold northern forests of North America, Europe and Asia | the Arctic tundra of Greenland, northern Canada and Alaska |
Which one? Moose or musk ox
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the musk ox 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/moose-vs-musk-ox
Where these numbers come from
- National Park Service, Grand Portage, checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Denali, checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Cape Krusenstern, checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Kenai Fjords, checked 30 October 2026.