It is hard to guess what a Dwarf musk deer weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Dwarf musk deer (Moschus berezovskii) on average weights 12.39 kg (27.31 lbs).
The Dwarf musk deer is from the family Moschidae (genus: Moschus). It is usually born with about 530 grams (1.17 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 90 cm (3′ 0″). On average, Dwarf 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 dwarf musk deer or Chinese forest musk deer (Moschus berezovskii, Chinese: 林麝; pinyin: Lín shè) is an artiodactyl native to southern and central China and northernmost Vietnam. On June 14, 1976, China entered the dwarf musk deer onto its endangered species list. Four subspecies are recognized:M. b. berezovskiiM. b. bijiangensisM. b. caobangisM. b. yanguiensis
Animals of the same family as a Dwarf musk deer
We found other animals of the Moschidae family:
- Siberian musk deer bringing 13.31 kilos (29.34 lbs) to the scale
- Black musk deer bringing 13.6 kilos (29.98 lbs) to the scale
- Alpine musk deer bringing 13.6 kilos (29.98 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Dwarf musk deer
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Moschus berezovskii:
- Nilgiri langur with a weight of 10.6 kilos (23.37 lbs)
- Proboscis monkey with a weight of 12.28 kilos (27.07 lbs)
- Beira (antelope) with a weight of 10.91 kilos (24.05 lbs)
- Southern muriqui with a weight of 10.57 kilos (23.3 lbs)
- Alpine musk deer with a weight of 13.6 kilos (29.98 lbs)
- Black-shanked douc with a weight of 10.33 kilos (22.77 lbs)
- Sulawesi bear cuscus with a weight of 10 kilos (22.05 lbs)
- Northern plains gray langur with a weight of 12.64 kilos (27.87 lbs)
- White-bellied duiker with a weight of 13.1 kilos (28.88 lbs)
- Water chevrotain with a weight of 10.83 kilos (23.88 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Dwarf musk deer
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Dwarf musk deer:
- Falkland Islands wolf with a size of 96 cm (3′ 2″)
- Beira (antelope) with a size of 77.9 cm (2′ 7″)
- Red-fronted gazelle with a size of 88.5 cm (2′ 11″)
- Collared peccary with a size of 88.6 cm (2′ 11″)
- Mandrill with a size of 75.8 cm (2′ 6″)
- Asian golden cat with a size of 89 cm (3′ 0″)
- North American beaver with a size of 75.7 cm (2′ 6″)
- Gray brocket with a size of 92.3 cm (3′ 1″)
- Maxwell’s duiker with a size of 84.5 cm (2′ 10″)
- Giant armadillo with a size of 87.4 cm (2′ 11″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Dwarf musk deer
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Dwarf musk deer: