It is hard to guess what a Bornean yellow muntjac weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Bornean yellow muntjac (Muntiacus atherodes) on average weights 18.87 kg (41.6 lbs).
The Bornean yellow muntjac is from the family Cervidae (genus: Muntiacus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 99.5 cm (3′ 4″).
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 Bornean yellow muntjac (Muntiacus atherodes) is restricted to the moist forests of Borneo where it lives alongside the common muntjac. It is similar to its much more common cousin and was only recently recognised as a separate species. Apart from the color difference, its antlers, which are just 7 cm (2.8 in) in length, are smaller than those of the common muntjac. It has not been extensively studied and has been described a relict species.This muntjac species is a potential prey of the Bornean tiger.
Animals of the same family as a Bornean yellow muntjac
We found other animals of the Cervidae family:
- Red brocket bringing 20.42 kilos (45.02 lbs) to the scale
- Marsh deer bringing 111.76 kilos (246.39 lbs) to the scale
- Javan rusa bringing 65.8 kilos (145.06 lbs) to the scale
- Tufted deer bringing 23.04 kilos (50.79 lbs) to the scale
- Eld’s deer bringing 94.7 kilos (208.78 lbs) to the scale
- Reindeer bringing 108.73 kilos (239.71 lbs) to the scale
- Thorold’s deer bringing 161 kilos (354.94 lbs) to the scale
- Barasingha bringing 171.22 kilos (377.48 lbs) to the scale
- Hairy-fronted muntjac bringing 18.45 kilos (40.68 lbs) to the scale
- Giant muntjac bringing 36.69 kilos (80.89 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Bornean yellow muntjac
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Muntiacus atherodes:
- Red-necked wallaby with a weight of 16.83 kilos (37.1 lbs)
- North American beaver with a weight of 18.11 kilos (39.93 lbs)
- Arabian tahr with a weight of 22.06 kilos (48.63 lbs)
- Red brocket with a weight of 20.42 kilos (45.02 lbs)
- Eurasian beaver with a weight of 19 kilos (41.89 lbs)
- Speke’s gazelle with a weight of 20 kilos (44.09 lbs)
- Gray brocket with a weight of 16.63 kilos (36.66 lbs)
- Hairy-fronted muntjac with a weight of 18.45 kilos (40.68 lbs)
- Chinkara with a weight of 18.91 kilos (41.69 lbs)
- Mérida brocket with a weight of 16.5 kilos (36.38 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Bornean yellow muntjac
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Bornean yellow muntjac:
- Red-fronted gazelle with a size of 88.5 cm (2′ 11″)
- White-lipped peccary with a size of 1.11 meter (3′ 8″)
- Clouded leopard with a size of 83.8 cm (2′ 9″)
- Chacoan peccary with a size of 1.03 meter (3′ 5″)
- Collared peccary with a size of 88.6 cm (2′ 11″)
- Southern hairy-nosed wombat with a size of 85.5 cm (2′ 10″)
- Thomson’s gazelle with a size of 88.5 cm (2′ 11″)
- Dwarf musk deer with a size of 90 cm (3′ 0″)
- Speke’s gazelle with a size of 88.5 cm (2′ 11″)
- Red wolf with a size of 1.08 meter (3′ 7″)