It is hard to guess what a Chital weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Chital (Axis axis) on average weights 69.5 kg (153.22 lbs).
The Chital is from the family Cervidae (genus: Axis). It is usually born with about 3.16 kg (6.96 lbs). They can live for up to 20.75 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 27.5 cm (0′ 11″). Usually, Chitals have 1 babies per litter.
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 chital () (Axis axis), also known as spotted deer, chital deer, and axis deer, is a species of deer that is native in the Indian subcontinent. The species was first described by German naturalist Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben in 1777. A moderate-sized deer, male chital reach nearly 90 cm (35 in) and females 70 cm (28 in) at the shoulder. While males weigh 30–75 kg (66–165 lb), the lighter females weigh 25–45 kg (55–99 lb). The species is sexually dimorphic; males are larger than females, and antlers are present only on males. The upper parts are golden to rufous, completely covered in white spots. The abdomen, rump, throat, insides of legs, ears, and tail are all white. The antlers, three-pronged, are nearly 1 m (3.3 ft) long.
Animals of the same family as a Chital
We found other animals of the Cervidae family:
- Père David’s deer bringing 165.5 kilos (364.86 lbs) to the scale
- Giant muntjac bringing 36.69 kilos (80.89 lbs) to the scale
- Fallow deer bringing 56.71 kilos (125.02 lbs) to the scale
- Pygmy brocket bringing 16.5 kilos (36.38 lbs) to the scale
- Javan rusa bringing 65.8 kilos (145.06 lbs) to the scale
- Eld’s deer bringing 95.47 kilos (210.48 lbs) to the scale
- Taruca bringing 68.6 kilos (151.24 lbs) to the scale
- Sambar deer bringing 176 kilos (388.01 lbs) to the scale
- Moose bringing 541.46 kilos (1193.71 lbs) to the scale
- Fea’s muntjac bringing 19.9 kilos (43.87 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Chital
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Axis axis:
- Pantropical spotted dolphin with a weight of 65.72 kilos (144.89 lbs)
- South Andean deer with a weight of 69.02 kilos (152.16 lbs)
- Jentink’s duiker with a weight of 68 kilos (149.91 lbs)
- West Caucasian tur with a weight of 60.73 kilos (133.89 lbs)
- Ringed seal with a weight of 71.1 kilos (156.75 lbs)
- Bighorn sheep with a weight of 74.63 kilos (164.53 lbs)
- Dama gazelle with a weight of 71.42 kilos (157.45 lbs)
- Spotted hyena with a weight of 63.69 kilos (140.41 lbs)
- Southern reedbuck with a weight of 57.94 kilos (127.74 lbs)
- Iberian ibex with a weight of 60.55 kilos (133.49 lbs)
Animals with the same litter size as a Chital
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Chital:
- Angolan talapoin
- Bennett’s tree-kangaroo
- Bushy-tailed mongoose
- Black-striped wallaby
- Northern bat
- Patas monkey
- Blackish deer mouse
- Dian’s tarsier
- Allen’s woodrat
- Black flying fox
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Chital
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Chital:
- Lechwe with an average maximal age of 18.5 years
- Common eland with an average maximal age of 24.33 years
- Bechstein’s bat with an average maximal age of 21 years
- Cougar with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Muskox with an average maximal age of 24 years
- Hector’s dolphin with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Black howler with an average maximal age of 20.25 years
- Geoffroy’s bat with an average maximal age of 18 years
- Southern elephant seal with an average maximal age of 23 years
- Clouded leopard with an average maximal age of 17 years