It is hard to guess what a Red brocket weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Red brocket (Mazama americana) on average weights 20.42 kg (45.02 lbs).
The Red brocket is from the family Cervidae (genus: Mazama). They can live for up to 13.75 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 9 cm (0′ 4″). Usually, Red brockets 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 red brocket (Mazama americana) is a species of brocket deer from forests in South America, ranging from northern Argentina to Colombia and the Guianas. It also occurs on the island of Trinidad in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (it also occurred on the island of Tobago until very recent historical times, but appears to have been extirpated there due to ineffectively regulated hunting of wild game practiced on the island).It formerly included the Central American red brocket (M. temama) and sometimes the Yucatan brown brocket (M. pandora) as subspecies. Considerable taxonomic confusion still exists for the populations remaining in the red brocket. Pending a solution to this, it has been evaluated as data deficient by the IUCN, though as presently defined, it is the most widespread species of brocket. It is sympatric with the smaller Amazonian brown brocket over much of its range (the latter tends to have significantly lower population densities). The karyotype of the red brocket was initially described as having 2n = 68, FN = 74, and more recently as having 2n varying from 48 to 54 and FN varying from 54 to 56. This variability may indicate the presence of unrecognized species in the population.Its body is reddish-brown in color, with a lighter grayish-brown head and neck, and partially blackish legs. The inner thighs and the underside of the tail are white. Fawns are spotted white and lack blackish to the legs. Only the adult male has antlers, and these are small and spike-like. This species is the largest of the brockets. The shoulder height is 67–80 cm (26–31 in) and the head and body length 105–144 cm (41–57 in). These deer typically weigh 24–48 kg (53–106 lb), but exceptional males may get as large as 65 kg (143 lb).The red brocket browses on vegetation, preferring fruit when it is available. It is generally solitary and stays in dense jungles. When alarmed, the animal snorts or stomps its hooves.
Animals of the same family as a Red brocket
We found other animals of the Cervidae family:
- Sambar deer bringing 176 kilos (388.01 lbs) to the scale
- Fallow deer bringing 56.71 kilos (125.02 lbs) to the scale
- Pudú bringing 9.6 kilos (21.16 lbs) to the scale
- Eld’s deer bringing 94.7 kilos (208.78 lbs) to the scale
- Dwarf brocket bringing 16.04 kilos (35.36 lbs) to the scale
- Schomburgk’s deer bringing 106 kilos (233.69 lbs) to the scale
- Mérida brocket bringing 16.5 kilos (36.38 lbs) to the scale
- Persian fallow deer bringing 74.4 kilos (164.02 lbs) to the scale
- Mule deer bringing 84.31 kilos (185.87 lbs) to the scale
- South Andean deer bringing 69.02 kilos (152.16 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Red brocket
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Mazama americana:
- Four-horned antelope with a weight of 19.19 kilos (42.31 lbs)
- Fea’s muntjac with a weight of 19.9 kilos (43.87 lbs)
- Cameroon clawless otter with a weight of 21.6 kilos (47.62 lbs)
- Roe deer with a weight of 22.45 kilos (49.49 lbs)
- Goa (antelope) with a weight of 23.13 kilos (50.99 lbs)
- Red-necked wallaby with a weight of 16.83 kilos (37.1 lbs)
- Maned wolf with a weight of 23.31 kilos (51.39 lbs)
- Little red brocket with a weight of 21.05 kilos (46.41 lbs)
- African wild dog with a weight of 22 kilos (48.5 lbs)
- Thomson’s gazelle with a weight of 22.91 kilos (50.51 lbs)
Animals with the same litter size as a Red brocket
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Red brocket:
- Gray dorcopsis
- Short-beaked echidna
- Lowland paca
- Seba’s short-tailed bat
- Dian’s tarsier
- Common brushtail possum
- Natal long-fingered bat
- Sunda slow loris
- Black-rumped agouti
- Southern needle-clawed bushbaby
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Red brocket
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Red brocket:
- Malayan civet with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Water chevrotain with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Guinea pig with an average maximal age of 14.75 years
- Complex-toothed flying squirrel with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Red forest duiker with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Maned sloth with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Northern flying squirrel with an average maximal age of 13 years
- Microcebus coquereli with an average maximal age of 15.25 years
- Common brushtail possum with an average maximal age of 14.67 years
- Common bent-wing bat with an average maximal age of 14 years