It is hard to guess what a Black musk deer weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Black musk deer (Moschus fuscus) on average weights 13.6 kg (29.98 lbs).
The Black musk deer is from the family Moschidae (genus: Moschus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 90 cm (3′ 0″). Normally, Black musk deers can have babies 1 times a year.
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 black musk deer or dusky musk deer (Moschus fuscus) is a species of even-toed ungulate in the family Moschidae. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal.
Animals of the same family as a Black musk deer
We found other animals of the Moschidae family:
- Dwarf musk deer bringing 12.39 kilos (27.32 lbs) to the scale
- Alpine 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 Black musk deer
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Moschus fuscus:
- Clouded leopard with a weight of 15.02 kilos (33.11 lbs)
- Beira (antelope) with a weight of 10.91 kilos (24.05 lbs)
- Gelada with a weight of 15.98 kilos (35.23 lbs)
- Common duiker with a weight of 15.57 kilos (34.33 lbs)
- Capped langur with a weight of 11.21 kilos (24.71 lbs)
- Iberian lynx with a weight of 11.08 kilos (24.43 lbs)
- Marine otter with a weight of 11.2 kilos (24.69 lbs)
- Steenbok with a weight of 11.64 kilos (25.66 lbs)
- African civet with a weight of 12.09 kilos (26.65 lbs)
- Dorcas gazelle with a weight of 15.57 kilos (34.33 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Black musk deer
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Black musk deer:
- Zebra duiker with a size of 87.5 cm (2′ 11″)
- Indian crested porcupine with a size of 75 cm (2′ 6″)
- Mandrill with a size of 75.8 cm (2′ 6″)
- Southern hairy-nosed wombat with a size of 85.5 cm (2′ 10″)
- Red goral with a size of 1.04 meter (3′ 5″)
- Ethiopian wolf with a size of 94.1 cm (3′ 2″)
- North American beaver with a size of 75.7 cm (2′ 6″)
- Smooth-coated otter with a size of 78.8 cm (2′ 8″)
- Clouded leopard with a size of 83.8 cm (2′ 9″)
- Chimpanzee with a size of 79.6 cm (2′ 8″)