It is hard to guess what a Roe deer weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) on average weights 22.45 kg (49.5 lbs).
The Roe deer is from the family Cervidae (genus: Capreolus). It is usually born with about 1.21 kg (2.67 lbs). They can live for up to 17 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 1.2 meter (4′ 0″). Usually, Roe 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 European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), also known as the western roe deer, chevreuil, or simply roe deer or roe, is a species of deer. The male of the species is sometimes referred to as a roebuck. The roe deer is relatively small, reddish and grey-brown, and well-adapted to cold environments. The species is widespread in Europe, from the Mediterranean to Scandinavia, from Scotland to the Caucasus, and east to northern Iran and Iraq. It is distinct from the somewhat larger Siberian roe deer.
Animals of the same family as a Roe deer
We found other animals of the Cervidae family:
- Calamian deer bringing 39.66 kilos (87.44 lbs) to the scale
- White-tailed deer bringing 75.6 kilos (166.67 lbs) to the scale
- Eld’s deer bringing 94.7 kilos (208.78 lbs) to the scale
- Tufted deer bringing 23.04 kilos (50.79 lbs) to the scale
- Javan rusa bringing 66.38 kilos (146.34 lbs) to the scale
- Philippine deer bringing 49.1 kilos (108.25 lbs) to the scale
- Philippine deer bringing 49.46 kilos (109.04 lbs) to the scale
- Bornean yellow muntjac bringing 18.87 kilos (41.6 lbs) to the scale
- Water deer bringing 12.73 kilos (28.06 lbs) to the scale
- Indian hog deer bringing 37.27 kilos (82.17 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Roe deer
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Capreolus capreolus:
- Arabian gazelle with a weight of 18.06 kilos (39.82 lbs)
- Goitered gazelle with a weight of 26.84 kilos (59.17 lbs)
- Grey rhebok with a weight of 22.62 kilos (49.87 lbs)
- Thomson’s gazelle with a weight of 22.91 kilos (50.51 lbs)
- Southern hairy-nosed wombat with a weight of 26.18 kilos (57.72 lbs)
- Hairy-fronted muntjac with a weight of 18.45 kilos (40.68 lbs)
- Red brocket with a weight of 20.42 kilos (45.02 lbs)
- Eurasian beaver with a weight of 19 kilos (41.89 lbs)
- Common wombat with a weight of 26 kilos (57.32 lbs)
- Lesser capybara with a weight of 21.27 kilos (46.89 lbs)
Animals with the same litter size as a Roe deer
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Roe deer:
- Little red flying fox
- Soemmerring’s gazelle
- Azara’s night monkey
- Prince Demidoff’s bushbaby
- Long-footed treeshrew
- Queen of Sheba’s gazelle
- African pygmy squirrel
- Black flying squirrel
- Black wallaroo
- Crested mona monkey
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Roe deer
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Roe deer:
- Impala with an average maximal age of 17.75 years
- Chinese goral with an average maximal age of 17.25 years
- Rhim gazelle with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Thomson’s gazelle with an average maximal age of 15.17 years
- Red river hog with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Brown hyena with an average maximal age of 17 years
- Egyptian mongoose with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Hirola with an average maximal age of 15.17 years
- Northern viscacha with an average maximal age of 19.5 years
- Pampas fox with an average maximal age of 13.67 years