It is hard to guess what a Water chevrotain weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Water chevrotain (Hyemoschus aquaticus) on average weights 10.83 kg (23.87 lbs).
The Water chevrotain is from the family Tragulidae (genus: Hyemoschus). They can live for up to 14 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 75 cm (2′ 6″). On average, Water chevrotains 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 water chevrotain (Hyemoschus aquaticus), also known as the fanged deer, is a small ruminant found in tropical Africa. It is the largest of the 10 species of chevrotains, basal even-toed ungulates which are similar to deer, but are barely larger than small dogs.
Animals of the same family as a Water chevrotain
We found other animals of the Tragulidae family:
- Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain bringing 3.11 kilos (6.86 lbs) to the scale
- Greater mouse-deer bringing 5.25 kilos (11.57 lbs) to the scale
- Java mouse-deer bringing 1.88 kilos (4.14 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Water chevrotain
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Hyemoschus aquaticus:
- Agile wallaby with a weight of 11.86 kilos (26.15 lbs)
- Capped langur with a weight of 11.21 kilos (24.71 lbs)
- Grizzled tree-kangaroo with a weight of 12.61 kilos (27.8 lbs)
- Dingiso with a weight of 9.4 kilos (20.72 lbs)
- Preuss’s red colobus with a weight of 8.91 kilos (19.64 lbs)
- Tonkin snub-nosed monkey with a weight of 9.12 kilos (20.11 lbs)
- Black-headed spider monkey with a weight of 9.07 kilos (20 lbs)
- Marine otter with a weight of 11.2 kilos (24.69 lbs)
- Large Indian civet with a weight of 9.15 kilos (20.17 lbs)
- Pennant’s colobus with a weight of 9.16 kilos (20.19 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Water chevrotain
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Water chevrotain:
- Gray snub-nosed monkey with a size of 70.7 cm (2′ 4″)
- Aardwolf with a size of 69.7 cm (2′ 4″)
- Pampas cat with a size of 61.6 cm (2′ 1″)
- Side-striped jackal with a size of 74.7 cm (2′ 6″)
- Patas monkey with a size of 66.5 cm (2′ 3″)
- Jungle cat with a size of 70.6 cm (2′ 4″)
- Fishing cat with a size of 77.9 cm (2′ 7″)
- Red forest duiker with a size of 78.7 cm (2′ 7″)
- Eurasian lynx with a size of 85.4 cm (2′ 10″)
- Patagonian mara with a size of 66.4 cm (2′ 3″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Water chevrotain
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Water chevrotain:
- Mandrill
- Javan surili
- Angolan epauletted fruit bat
- Gracile Atlantic spiny rat
- Red-fronted gazelle
- Cantor’s roundleaf bat
- Java mouse-deer
- Black wildebeest
- Sheep
- Oribi
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Water chevrotain
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Water chevrotain:
- Southern flying squirrel with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Long-tailed chinchilla with an average maximal age of 11.25 years
- Cape grysbok with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Yellow mongoose with an average maximal age of 15.17 years
- Arabian tahr with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Saiga antelope with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Maxwell’s duiker with an average maximal age of 12.25 years
- Greater fairy armadillo with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Common marmoset with an average maximal age of 16.75 years
- Ground cuscus with an average maximal age of 12 years