It is hard to guess what a Java mouse-deer weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Java mouse-deer (Tragulus javanicus) on average weights 1.88 kg (4.14 lbs).
The Java mouse-deer is from the family Tragulidae (genus: Tragulus). They can live for up to 12 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 51.4 cm (1′ 9″). Usually, Java mouse-deers 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 Java mouse-deer (Tragulus javanicus) is a species of even-toed ungulate in the family Tragulidae. When it reaches maturity it is about the size of a rabbit, making it the smallest living ungulate. It is found in forests in Java and perhaps Bali, although sightings there have not been verified.
Animals of the same family as a Java mouse-deer
We found other animals of the Tragulidae family:
- Water chevrotain bringing 10.83 kilos (23.88 lbs) to the scale
- Greater mouse-deer bringing 5.25 kilos (11.57 lbs) to the scale
- Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain bringing 3.11 kilos (6.86 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Java mouse-deer
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Tragulus javanicus:
- Silvery greater galago with a weight of 1.58 kilos (3.48 lbs)
- Meller’s mongoose with a weight of 2.24 kilos (4.94 lbs)
- Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine with a weight of 2 kilos (4.41 lbs)
- Nilgiri marten with a weight of 2.04 kilos (4.5 lbs)
- Common genet with a weight of 1.77 kilos (3.9 lbs)
- De Vis’s woolly rat with a weight of 1.66 kilos (3.66 lbs)
- Northern brushtail possum with a weight of 1.55 kilos (3.42 lbs)
- Steppe polecat with a weight of 1.68 kilos (3.7 lbs)
- Tolai hare with a weight of 1.59 kilos (3.51 lbs)
- Hainan hare with a weight of 1.52 kilos (3.35 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Java mouse-deer
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Java mouse-deer:
- South American coati with a size of 52.8 cm (1′ 9″)
- Swamp rabbit with a size of 45.8 cm (1′ 7″)
- Müeller’s gibbon with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Japanese hare with a size of 49.9 cm (1′ 8″)
- Grey-cheeked mangabey with a size of 51.9 cm (1′ 9″)
- Tana River mangabey with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- Long-nosed mongoose with a size of 55.4 cm (1′ 10″)
- Grivet with a size of 56 cm (1′ 11″)
- Marsh mongoose with a size of 50 cm (1′ 8″)
- Capped langur with a size of 57.5 cm (1′ 11″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Java mouse-deer
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Java mouse-deer:
- Egyptian free-tailed bat
- Red-faced spider monkey
- Davis’s round-eared bat
- Rufous horseshoe bat
- Sowerby’s beaked whale
- Tamaraw
- Gray-bellied night monkey
- Dorcas gazelle
- Long-finned pilot whale
- Oecomys concolor
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Java mouse-deer
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Java mouse-deer:
- Ring-tailed vontsira with an average maximal age of 13.17 years
- Southern flying squirrel with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Boodie with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Royal antelope with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Saiga antelope with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Masoala fork-marked lemur with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Maxwell’s duiker with an average maximal age of 12.25 years
- Short-tailed chinchilla with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Geoffroy’s tailless bat with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Red squirrel with an average maximal age of 12 years