It is hard to guess what a Siberian musk deer weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Siberian musk deer (Moschus moschiferus) on average weights 13.31 kg (29.34 lbs).
The Siberian musk deer is from the family Moschidae (genus: Moschus). It is usually born with about 498 grams (1.1 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 90 cm (3′ 0″). On average, Siberian musk deers can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 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 Siberian musk deer (Moschus moschiferus) is a musk deer found in the mountain forests of Northeast Asia. It is most common in the taiga of southern Siberia, but is also found in parts of Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria and the Korean peninsula.Their small shape allows them to hide from predators through tiny openings in the rocky terrain and also allow them to run exceptionally fast from their predators. Although bearing fangs, Siberian musk deer are actually herbivores with their main source of nutrients being lichens.Due to the severe amount of poaching for its musk gland, the deer population is continuing to decrease. It is expected that the population will be reduced to at least 30% over the next three generations. However, efforts from each sighted countries are beginning to reintroduce the musk deer’s population.
Animals of the same family as a Siberian musk deer
We found other animals of the Moschidae family:
- Dwarf musk deer bringing 12.39 kilos (27.32 lbs) to the scale
- Black musk deer bringing 13.6 kilos (29.98 lbs) to the scale
- Alpine musk deer bringing 13.6 kilos (29.98 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Siberian musk deer
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Moschus moschiferus:
- Yellow baboon with a weight of 15.82 kilos (34.88 lbs)
- Drill (animal) with a weight of 14.23 kilos (31.37 lbs)
- Serval with a weight of 11.9 kilos (26.23 lbs)
- Alpine musk deer with a weight of 13.6 kilos (29.98 lbs)
- Golden snub-nosed monkey with a weight of 13.46 kilos (29.67 lbs)
- Zebra duiker with a weight of 15.53 kilos (34.24 lbs)
- Gray snub-nosed monkey with a weight of 12.27 kilos (27.05 lbs)
- Binturong with a weight of 13 kilos (28.66 lbs)
- Dhole with a weight of 15.85 kilos (34.94 lbs)
- African golden cat with a weight of 11.29 kilos (24.89 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Siberian musk deer
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Siberian musk deer:
- Culpeo with a size of 72 cm (2′ 5″)
- Pacarana with a size of 75 cm (2′ 6″)
- African wild dog with a size of 92.4 cm (3′ 1″)
- Ethiopian wolf with a size of 94.1 cm (3′ 2″)
- African golden cat with a size of 79.9 cm (2′ 8″)
- Arabian tahr with a size of 1.08 meter (3′ 7″)
- Eastern grey kangaroo with a size of 87.7 cm (2′ 11″)
- Serval with a size of 83.5 cm (2′ 9″)
- Cameroon clawless otter with a size of 83.7 cm (2′ 9″)
- North American porcupine with a size of 83.7 cm (2′ 9″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Siberian musk deer
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Siberian musk deer: