It is hard to guess what a Greater mouse-deer weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Greater mouse-deer (Tragulus napu) on average weights 5.25 kg (11.58 lbs).
The Greater mouse-deer is from the family Tragulidae (genus: Tragulus). It is usually born with about 373 grams (0.82 lbs). They can live for up to 16.25 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 56.2 cm (1′ 11″). On average, Greater mouse-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 greater mouse-deer, greater Malay chevrotain, or napu (Tragulus napu) is a species of even-toed ungulate in the family Tragulidae found in Sumatra, Borneo, and smaller Malaysian and Indonesian islands, and in southern Myanmar, southern Thailand, and peninsular Malaysia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical, moist, lowland forest.
Animals of the same family as a Greater mouse-deer
We found other animals of the Tragulidae family:
- Water chevrotain bringing 10.83 kilos (23.88 lbs) to the scale
- Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain bringing 3.11 kilos (6.86 lbs) to the scale
- Java mouse-deer bringing 1.88 kilos (4.14 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Greater mouse-deer
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Tragulus napu:
- Brown howler with a weight of 5.19 kilos (11.44 lbs)
- Brown howler with a weight of 5.19 kilos (11.44 lbs)
- Hoary fox with a weight of 4.23 kilos (9.33 lbs)
- Crab-eating fox with a weight of 5.74 kilos (12.65 lbs)
- White-cheeked spider monkey with a weight of 6.24 kilos (13.76 lbs)
- Gray dorcopsis with a weight of 4.95 kilos (10.91 lbs)
- Bridled nail-tail wallaby with a weight of 4.95 kilos (10.91 lbs)
- Mexican agouti with a weight of 5 kilos (11.02 lbs)
- Hoary fox with a weight of 4.23 kilos (9.33 lbs)
- Southern tamandua with a weight of 4.73 kilos (10.43 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Greater mouse-deer
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Greater mouse-deer:
- Northern white-cheeked gibbon with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Gee’s golden langur with a size of 60.5 cm (2′ 0″)
- Flat-headed cat with a size of 46.7 cm (1′ 7″)
- Ursine colobus with a size of 63.5 cm (2′ 1″)
- Dusky pademelon with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Pampas cat with a size of 61.6 cm (2′ 1″)
- Crab-eating mongoose with a size of 50.8 cm (1′ 8″)
- Venezuelan red howler with a size of 56.1 cm (1′ 11″)
- Small-toothed palm civet with a size of 52.8 cm (1′ 9″)
- Otter civet with a size of 62.6 cm (2′ 1″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Greater mouse-deer
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Greater mouse-deer:
- European bison
- Japanese serow
- Mexican free-tailed bat
- Hooded seal
- Greater Asiatic yellow bat
- Harpy fruit bat
- Long-winged tomb bat
- Eastern forest bat
- Insular single leaf bat
- Moor macaque
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Greater mouse-deer
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Greater mouse-deer:
- Northern flying squirrel with an average maximal age of 13 years
- Rhim gazelle with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Mohol bushbaby with an average maximal age of 16.5 years
- Northern bat with an average maximal age of 15.5 years
- Harbour porpoise with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Masked palm civet with an average maximal age of 18 years
- Clouded leopard with an average maximal age of 17 years
- Sheep with an average maximal age of 19.17 years
- Black-striped wallaby with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Patagonian mara with an average maximal age of 14 years