It is hard to guess what a Alpine musk deer weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Alpine musk deer (Moschus chrysogaster) on average weights 13.6 kg (29.98 lbs).
The Alpine musk deer is from the family Moschidae (genus: Moschus). It is usually born with about 660 grams (1.46 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 90 cm (3′ 0″). On average, Alpine musk deers can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 1.
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
The Alpine musk deer (Moschus chrysogaster) is a musk deer species native to the eastern Himalayas in Nepal, Bhutan and India to the highlands of Tibet.The Alpine musk deer recorded in the Himalayan foothills is now considered a separate species, the Himalayan musk deer.It is the state animal of Uttarakhand.
Animals of the same family as a Alpine musk deer
We found other animals of the Moschidae family:
- Dwarf musk deer bringing 12.39 kilos (27.32 lbs) to the scale
- Black musk deer bringing 13.6 kilos (29.98 lbs) to the scale
- Siberian musk deer bringing 13.31 kilos (29.34 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Alpine musk deer
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Moschus chrysogaster:
- Black-fronted duiker with a weight of 14.44 kilos (31.83 lbs)
- Steenbok with a weight of 11.64 kilos (25.66 lbs)
- Beira (antelope) with a weight of 10.91 kilos (24.05 lbs)
- European badger with a weight of 11.89 kilos (26.21 lbs)
- Common duiker with a weight of 15.57 kilos (34.33 lbs)
- Pacarana with a weight of 12.5 kilos (27.56 lbs)
- Ground pangolin with a weight of 11.92 kilos (26.28 lbs)
- Saudi gazelle with a weight of 16 kilos (35.27 lbs)
- Pennant’s colobus with a weight of 10.9 kilos (24.03 lbs)
- Capped langur with a weight of 11.21 kilos (24.71 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Alpine musk deer
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Alpine musk deer:
- Ogilby’s duiker with a size of 100 cm (3′ 4″)
- Hairy-nosed otter with a size of 76.5 cm (2′ 7″)
- Indian crested porcupine with a size of 75 cm (2′ 6″)
- Red-fronted gazelle with a size of 88.5 cm (2′ 11″)
- Zebra duiker with a size of 87.5 cm (2′ 11″)
- Bornean yellow muntjac with a size of 99.5 cm (3′ 4″)
- Fisher (animal) with a size of 75.1 cm (2′ 6″)
- Indian muntjac with a size of 99.5 cm (3′ 4″)
- Himalayan goral with a size of 1.06 meter (3′ 6″)
- Eurasian lynx with a size of 85.4 cm (2′ 10″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Alpine musk deer
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Alpine musk deer: