How big does a Philippine deer get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Philippine deer (Cervus mariannus) reaches an average size of 1.26 meter (4′ 2″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 49.1 kg (108.25 lbs). The Philippine deer (genus: Cervus) is a member of the family Cervidae.
As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.
The Philippine deer (Rusa marianna) (Filipino: Usa; Waray: Bugsok), also known as the Philippine sambar or Philippine brown deer, is a vulnerable deer species endemic to the Philippines. It was first described from introduced populations in Guam and the Marianas Islands, hence the specific name.
Animals of the same family as a Philippine deer
We found other animals of the Cervidae family:
- White-tailed deer with a size of 1.51 meter (5′ 0″)
- Bornean yellow muntjac with a size of 99.5 cm (3′ 4″)
- Pampas deer with a size of 1.22 meter (4′ 1″)
- Pudú with 1 babies per litter
- Reeves’s muntjac with 1 babies per litter
- Gongshan muntjac bringing 18.45 kilos (40.68 lbs) to the scale
- Schomburgk’s deer bringing 106 kilos (233.69 lbs) to the scale
- Moose with a size of 2.1 meter (6′ 11″)
- Tufted deer with 1 babies per litter
- Indian hog deer with 1 babies per litter
Animals with the same size as a Philippine deer
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Philippine deer:
- Calamian deer with a size of 1.39 meter (4′ 7″)
- Maned wolf with a size of 1.25 meter (4′ 2″)
- Ringed seal with a size of 1.29 meter (4′ 3″)
- Mountain reedbuck with a size of 1.23 meter (4′ 1″)
- Giant anteater with a size of 1.12 meter (3′ 9″)
- Leopard with a size of 1.38 meter (4′ 7″)
- Capybara with a size of 1.22 meter (4′ 0″)
- Philippine warty pig with a size of 1.35 meter (4′ 6″)
- Sheep with a size of 1.3 meter (4′ 4″)
- Bawean deer with a size of 1.38 meter (4′ 7″)
Animals with the same weight as a Philippine deer
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Cervus mariannus:
- Visayan spotted deer with a weight of 45.8 kilos (100.97 lbs)
- Bohor reedbuck with a weight of 43.09 kilos (95 lbs)
- Sumatran orangutan with a weight of 39.7 kilos (87.52 lbs)
- Abbott’s duiker with a weight of 56.68 kilos (124.96 lbs)
- Soemmerring’s gazelle with a weight of 41 kilos (90.39 lbs)
- East Caucasian tur with a weight of 57.5 kilos (126.77 lbs)
- Siberian roe deer with a weight of 41.19 kilos (90.81 lbs)
- Homo sapiens with a weight of 58.62 kilos (129.23 lbs)
- Spinner dolphin with a weight of 50.5 kilos (111.33 lbs)
- Grant’s gazelle with a weight of 55 kilos (121.25 lbs)