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World's largest deer

Cervids are one of the most common wild herbivores of the world. Of these moose can grow up to 2.33 m tall and weigh as much as 820 kg. The smallest of them all is the northern pudu.

Rank Cervid Binomial name Known maximum mass
Shoulder Height
Image
1 Moose Alces alces 820 (1808) 2.33
2 Elk Cervus canadensis 600 (1323) 1.6
3 Sambar Rusa unicolor 546 (1204) 1.6
4 Red deer Cervus elaphus 500 (1102) 1.4
5 Reindeer Rangifer tarandus 318 (701) 1.5
6 Barasingha Rucervus duvaucelii 280 (617) 1.3
7 White-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus 232 (512) 1.2
8 Thorold's deer Cervus albirostris 230 (507) 1.4
9 Mule deer Odocoileus hemionus 210 (463) 1.2
10 Père David's deer Elaphurus davidianus 200 (441) 1.2

See also

References

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