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]
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	elaphure	Elaphurus davidianus	200 (441) [10]	1.2

List of cervids

References

Wood, The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Sterling Pub Co Inc. (1983), ISBN 978-0-85112-235-9
Eide, Sterling. "Roosevelt Elk". Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Retrieved 2010-12-04.
1.Burnie D and Wilson DE (Eds.), Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife. DK Adult (2005), ISBN 0789477645 2."Comparative Placentation". Placentation.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
Geist, Valerius (1998). Deer of the world: their evolution, behaviour, and ecology. Stackpole Books. p. 202. ISBN 0-8117-0496-3.
Caribou at the Alaska Department of Fish & Game Archived 30 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine.. Adfg.state.ak.us. Retrieved on 16 September 2011.
Schaller, G. B. (1967). The Deer and the Tiger – A Study of Wildlife in India. University Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, USA.
"The Outdoor Life Book of World Records". Outdoor Life. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
Leslie, D.M. (2010). "Przewalskium albirostre (Artiodactyla: Cervidae)". Mammalian Species. 42 (1): 7–18. doi:10.1644/849.1.
Petersen, David (Nov./Dec., 1985). "North American Deer: Mule, Whitetail and Coastal Blacktail Deer". Mother Earth News. Ogden Publications, Inc. Retrieved 4 January 2012. Odocoileus hemionus, Animal Diversity David Burnie (1 September 2011). Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife. Dorling Kindersley Limited. ISBN 978-1-4053-6233-7. "Deer (Family Cervidae)". Retrieved 8 January 2014.
"Père David's Deer (Elaphurus davidianus)". Deer. Gland, Switzerland: World Association of Zoos and Aquariums. 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-20.

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[1] Wood, The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Sterling Pub Co Inc. (1983), ISBN 978-0-85112-235-9

[2] Eide, Sterling. "Roosevelt Elk". Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Retrieved 2010-12-04.

[3] 1.Burnie D and Wilson DE (Eds.), Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife. DK Adult (2005), ISBN 0789477645 2."Comparative Placentation". Placentation.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 17 August 2012.

[4] Geist, Valerius (1998). Deer of the world: their evolution, behaviour, and ecology. Stackpole Books. p. 202. ISBN 0-8117-0496-3.

[5] Caribou at the Alaska Department of Fish & Game Archived 30 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine.. Adfg.state.ak.us. Retrieved on 16 September 2011.

[6] Schaller, G. B. (1967). The Deer and the Tiger – A Study of Wildlife in India. University Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, USA.

[7] "The Outdoor Life Book of World Records". Outdoor Life. Retrieved February 20, 2011.

[8] Leslie, D.M. (2010). "Przewalskium albirostre (Artiodactyla: Cervidae)". Mammalian Species. 42 (1): 7–18. doi:10.1644/849.1.

[9] Petersen, David (Nov./Dec., 1985). "North American Deer: Mule, Whitetail and Coastal Blacktail Deer". Mother Earth News. Ogden Publications, Inc. Retrieved 4 January 2012. Odocoileus hemionus, Animal Diversity David Burnie (1 September 2011). Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife. Dorling Kindersley Limited. ISBN 978-1-4053-6233-7. "Deer (Family Cervidae)". Retrieved 8 January 2014.

[10] "Père David's Deer (Elaphurus davidianus)". Deer. Gland, Switzerland: World Association of Zoos and Aquariums. 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-20.