🦬 Musk ox vs Reindeer (caribou) 🦌
The musk ox is about one and a half times as long as the reindeer (caribou). The musk ox weighs about twice as much as the reindeer (caribou).
| Row | 🦬 Musk ox | 🦌 Reindeer (caribou) |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed We don't have a checked number for the musk ox yet. | no checked number yet | 6 mph9.7 km/h1 |
| Weight The musk ox weighs about twice as much as the reindeer (caribou). | 441 to 882 lb200 to 400 kg2 | 130 to 600 lb59 to 272 kg3 |
| Lives We don't have a checked number for the musk ox yet. | no checked number yet | 12 to 16 years12 to 16 years4 |
| Eats Both eat plants. | grasses, sedges, willow twigs and flowering plants | lichens, grasses, leaves and shoots |
| Lives in They can live in the same kind of place. | the Arctic tundra of Greenland, northern Canada and Alaska | the tundra and northern forests of North America, Europe and Asia |
Which one? Musk ox or reindeer (caribou)
🏁 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/musk-ox-vs-reindeer
Where these numbers come from
- National Park Service, Caribou: Did You Know?, checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Cape Krusenstern, checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, checked 30 October 2026.
- USDA Forest Service, Fire Effects Information System, checked 30 October 2026.