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How many babies does a Reeves’s muntjac have at once? (litter size)

How many baby Reeves’s muntjacs are in a litter?

A Reeves’s muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi) usually gives birth to around 1 babies.

Each of those little ones spend around 214 days as a fetus before they are released into the wild. Upon birth, they weight 1.05 kg (2.31 lbs) and measure 9.9 cm (0′ 4″). They are a member of the Cervidae family (genus: Muntiacus). An adult Reeves’s muntjac grows up to a size of 99.5 cm (3′ 4″).

To have a reference: Humans obviously usually have a litter size of one ;). Their babies are in the womb of their mother for 280 days (40 weeks) and reach an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). They weight in at 62 kg (137 lbs), which is obviously highly individual, and reach an average age of 75 years.

The average litter size of a Reeves's muntjac is 1

Reeves’s muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi; Chinese: 山羌), also known as the Chinese muntjac, is a muntjac species found widely in southeastern China (from Gansu to Yunnan) and Taiwan. It has also been introduced in Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom (south England, the Midlands, east Wales), Ireland, and Japan. It takes its name from John Reeves, an employee of the British East India Company in the 19th century.

Other animals of the family Cervidae

Reeves’s muntjac is a member of the Cervidae, as are these animals:

Animals that share a litter size with Reeves’s muntjac

Those animals also give birth to 1 babies at once:

Animals with the same weight as a Reeves’s muntjac

What other animals weight around 13.5 kg (29.76 lbs)?