It is hard to guess what a Pygmy brocket weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Pygmy brocket (Mazama nana) on average weights 16.5 kg (36.38 lbs).
The Pygmy brocket is from the family Cervidae (genus: Mazama). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 92.3 cm (3′ 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 pygmy brocket (Mazama nana) is a brocket deer species from South America. It is found in Argentina, southern Brazil and Paraguay. It is a small deer with short legs, weighing 15 to 20 kilograms (33 to 44 lb). It is reddish-brown in color.This species is sometimes considered a subspecies of Mazama rufina.
Animals of the same family as a Pygmy brocket
We found other animals of the Cervidae family:
- Sambar deer bringing 176 kilos (388.01 lbs) to the scale
- Philippine deer bringing 49.1 kilos (108.25 lbs) to the scale
- Roosevelt’s muntjac bringing 10.76 kilos (23.72 lbs) to the scale
- Père David’s deer bringing 165.5 kilos (364.86 lbs) to the scale
- White-tailed deer bringing 75.6 kilos (166.67 lbs) to the scale
- Javan rusa bringing 65.8 kilos (145.06 lbs) to the scale
- Red brocket bringing 20.42 kilos (45.02 lbs) to the scale
- Gongshan muntjac bringing 18.45 kilos (40.68 lbs) to the scale
- Pudú bringing 9.6 kilos (21.16 lbs) to the scale
- Pampas deer bringing 34.55 kilos (76.17 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Pygmy brocket
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Mazama nana:
- Dwarf brocket with a weight of 16.04 kilos (35.36 lbs)
- Oribi with a weight of 17.16 kilos (37.83 lbs)
- African clawless otter with a weight of 19.16 kilos (42.24 lbs)
- Black musk deer with a weight of 13.6 kilos (29.98 lbs)
- Hamadryas baboon with a weight of 14.97 kilos (33 lbs)
- Chacma baboon with a weight of 17.73 kilos (39.09 lbs)
- North American beaver with a weight of 18.11 kilos (39.93 lbs)
- Dhole with a weight of 15.85 kilos (34.94 lbs)
- Indian muntjac with a weight of 17.51 kilos (38.6 lbs)
- Drill (animal) with a weight of 14.23 kilos (31.37 lbs)