Largest cervids

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