🦌 Moose vs White-tailed deer 🦌
The moose is about 3 times as long as the white-tailed deer. The moose is a bit faster than the white-tailed deer. The moose weighs about 5 times as much as the white-tailed deer.
| Row | 🦌 Moose | 🦌 White-tailed deer |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed The moose is a bit faster than the white-tailed deer. | 35 mph56 km/h1 | 30 mph48 km/h2 |
| Weight The moose weighs about 5 times as much as the white-tailed deer. | 701 to 1,400 lb318 to 635 kg3 | 90 to 300 lb41 to 136 kg4 |
| Lives The moose usually lives about twice as long as the white-tailed deer. | 15 to 25 years15 to 25 years1 | 10 years10 years5 |
| Eats Both eat plants. | leaves, twigs, bark and water plants | leaves, twigs, acorns, grasses and fruit |
| Lives in They can live in the same kind of place. | the cold northern forests of North America, Europe and Asia | woods, fields and the edges of towns across North America, and south into northern South America |
Which one? Moose or white-tailed deer
🏁 Who would win the race?
The moose gets to the tree first. Over a short dash it is a bit faster than the white-tailed deer.
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
- National Park Service, Grand Portage, checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Prince William Forest Park, checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Denali, checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Jewel Cave, checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Chattahoochee River, checked 30 October 2026.