How big does a Sambar deer get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Sambar deer (Cervus unicolor) reaches an average size of 2.04 meter (6′ 9″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 26.42 years, they grow from 10.3 kg (22.71 lbs) to 176 kg (388.01 lbs). A Sambar deer has 1 babies at once. The Sambar 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 sambar (Rusa unicolor) is a large deer native to the Indian subcontinent, South China, and Southeast Asia that is listed as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List since 2008. Populations have declined substantially due to severe hunting, insurgency, and industrial exploitation of habitat.The name “sambar” is also sometimes used to refer to the Philippine deer, called the “Philippine sambar” and the Javan rusa, called the “Sunda sambar”.
Animals of the same family as a Sambar deer
We found other animals of the Cervidae family:
- Siberian roe deer with a size of 1.32 meter (4′ 4″)
- Water deer with 3 babies per litter
- Eld’s deer with a size of 1.65 meter (5′ 5″)
- Bornean yellow muntjac with a size of 99.5 cm (3′ 4″)
- Red deer with a size of 2.14 meter (7′ 1″)
- Sambar deer with a size of 2.04 meter (6′ 9″)
- Visayan spotted deer bringing 46.48 kilos (102.47 lbs) to the scale
- Calamian deer with a size of 1.39 meter (4′ 7″)
- Little red brocket with 1 babies per litter
- Visayan spotted deer bringing 45.8 kilos (100.97 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Sambar deer
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Sambar deer:
- Caribbean monk seal with a size of 2.29 meter (7′ 7″)
- Sable antelope with a size of 2.04 meter (6′ 9″)
- Blue wildebeest with a size of 2.01 meter (6′ 8″)
- Tiger with a size of 1.83 meter (6′ 0″)
- Ross seal with a size of 2.07 meter (6′ 10″)
- Marsh deer with a size of 1.72 meter (5′ 8″)
- South American sea lion with a size of 2.11 meter (7′ 0″)
- Reindeer with a size of 2.23 meter (7′ 4″)
- Dall’s porpoise with a size of 1.97 meter (6′ 6″)
- Spotted seal with a size of 1.64 meter (5′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Sambar deer
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Sambar deer:
- Davis’s round-eared bat
- Long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat
- East Caucasian tur
- North Atlantic right whale
- Naemorhedus sumatraensis
- Black-shanked douc
- Miniopterus macrocneme
- Dusky leaf-nosed bat
- Long-fingered triok
- Narrow-faced kangaroo rat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Sambar deer
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Sambar deer:
- Ryukyu flying fox with an average maximal age of 31 years
- Mule deer with an average maximal age of 22 years
- Silvery lutung with an average maximal age of 31.08 years
- Cacomistle with an average maximal age of 23 years
- African civet with an average maximal age of 28 years
- Eurasian otter with an average maximal age of 22 years
- Alpine ibex with an average maximal age of 22.25 years
- Guanaco with an average maximal age of 28.25 years
- Platypus with an average maximal age of 22 years
- Muskox with an average maximal age of 24 years
Animals with the same weight as a Sambar deer
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Cervus unicolor:
- Père David’s deer with a weight of 165.5 kilos (364.86 lbs)
- Melon-headed whale with a weight of 206 kilos (454.15 lbs)
- Eastern gorilla with a weight of 149.33 kilos (329.22 lbs)
- Lichtenstein’s hartebeest with a weight of 168 kilos (370.38 lbs)
- Lion with a weight of 158.75 kilos (349.98 lbs)
- Thorold’s deer with a weight of 161.68 kilos (356.44 lbs)
- Scimitar oryx with a weight of 198.4 kilos (437.4 lbs)
- South American sea lion with a weight of 193.67 kilos (426.97 lbs)
- Hartebeest with a weight of 162.47 kilos (358.18 lbs)
- East African oryx with a weight of 200.58 kilos (442.2 lbs)