🦝 Raccoon vs Red fox 🦊
The red fox is about one and a half times as long as the raccoon. The raccoon weighs about 3 times as much as the red fox.
| Row | 🦝 Raccoon | 🦊 Red fox |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed Neither has a checked number yet. | no checked number yet | no checked number yet |
| Weight The raccoon weighs about 3 times as much as the red fox. | 15 to 40 lb6.8 to 18 kg1 | 9 to 11 lb4.1 to 5 kg2 |
| Lives The red fox usually lives about one and a half times as long as the raccoon. | 1.8 to 3.1 years1.8 to 3.1 years3 | 3 to 4 years3 to 4 years4 |
| Eats Both eat plants and animals. | fruit, nuts, eggs, frogs, crayfish and insects | mice, rabbits, birds, insects, fruit and berries |
| Lives in They can live in the same kind of place. | woods, streams and towns across North America | most of the Northern Hemisphere, from forests and farms to city parks |
Which one? Raccoon or red fox
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the raccoon or the red fox 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
- National Park Service (raccoon quick facts), checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service (The Clever Red Fox), checked 30 October 2026.
- USDA Forest Service, Fire Effects Information System, checked 30 October 2026.
- USDA Forest Service, Fire Effects Information System, checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Yellowstone, checked 30 October 2026.