It is hard to guess what a Hairy-fronted muntjac weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Hairy-fronted muntjac (Muntiacus crinifrons) on average weights 18.45 kg (40.66 lbs).
The Hairy-fronted muntjac is from the family Cervidae (genus: Muntiacus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 99.5 cm (3′ 4″). Usually, Hairy-fronted muntjacs 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 hairy-fronted muntjac or black muntjac (Muntiacus crinifrons) is a type of deer currently found in Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi and Fujian in southeastern China. It is considered to be endangered, possibly down to as few as 5–10,000 individuals spread over a wide area. Reports of hairy-fronted muntjacs from Burma result from considering the hairy-fronted muntjac and Gongshan muntjac as the same species. This suggestion is controversial. It is similar in size to the common muntjac.Hairy-fronted muntjacs are extremely difficult to study because of their shyness. Camera-trap photographs have revealed the presence of hairy-fronted muntjacs where they were believed not to have existed for decades, for example in the Wuyanling National Nature Reserve.This species was for a very long time one of the most poorly known deer in the world. It was also considered highly endangered; up to 1975, it was only known from a few museum specimens, at least to western scientists. The species has been heavily harvested throughout the 20th century and in 1978 at least 2,000 animals were killed. The current population in China was assessed in the early 1990s to be ca 10,000 animals however it has declined much since and the current population is likely to be well under 7,000.
Animals of the same family as a Hairy-fronted muntjac
We found other animals of the Cervidae family:
- Taruca bringing 68.6 kilos (151.24 lbs) to the scale
- Pampas deer bringing 34.55 kilos (76.17 lbs) to the scale
- Tufted deer bringing 23.04 kilos (50.79 lbs) to the scale
- Eld’s deer bringing 95.47 kilos (210.48 lbs) to the scale
- Reeves’s muntjac bringing 13.5 kilos (29.76 lbs) to the scale
- Visayan spotted deer bringing 46.48 kilos (102.47 lbs) to the scale
- Schomburgk’s deer bringing 106 kilos (233.69 lbs) to the scale
- Moose bringing 471.45 kilos (1039.37 lbs) to the scale
- Pudú bringing 9.6 kilos (21.16 lbs) to the scale
- Indian muntjac bringing 17.51 kilos (38.6 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Hairy-fronted muntjac
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Muntiacus crinifrons:
- Arabian tahr with a weight of 22.06 kilos (48.63 lbs)
- Chinkara with a weight of 18.91 kilos (41.69 lbs)
- Red brocket with a weight of 20.42 kilos (45.02 lbs)
- Ogilby’s duiker with a weight of 18.29 kilos (40.32 lbs)
- Peters’s duiker with a weight of 18.94 kilos (41.76 lbs)
- Eurasian beaver with a weight of 19 kilos (41.89 lbs)
- Zebra duiker with a weight of 15.53 kilos (34.24 lbs)
- Ruwenzori duiker with a weight of 15 kilos (33.07 lbs)
- Common duiker with a weight of 15.57 kilos (34.33 lbs)
- Red-necked wallaby with a weight of 16.83 kilos (37.1 lbs)
Animals with the same litter size as a Hairy-fronted muntjac
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Hairy-fronted muntjac: