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Marsh deer vs Moose

The moose is heavier: 357 kg against 86.7 kg for the marsh deer, about 4.1 times the weight.

Marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus)
Marsh deer VUVulnerable
Photo: Phillip Capper from Wellington, New Zealand · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Moose (Alces alces)
Moose LCLeast Concern
Photo: Badzil · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

What is the difference between a marsh deer and a moose?

Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.

  • The moose is heavier: 357 kg against 86.7 kg for the marsh deer, about 4.1 times the weight.
  • The moose is longer-lived: 27 years against 13.7 years for the marsh deer, about 2.0 times the lifespan.
  • They share the family Cervidae but sit in different genera: Marsh deer in Blastocerus, Moose in Alces.
  • The marsh deer is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List; the moose is Least Concern.

Side by side

Marsh deerMoose
Scientific nameBlastocerus dichotomusAlces alces
FamilyCervidaeCervidae
OrderArtiodactylaArtiodactyla
Weight86.7 kg – 102.5 kg351 kg – 789 kg
LengthNot recordedNot recorded
Lifespan13.7 years27 years
Main foodNot recordedforb, polypodiopsida, populus tremuloides, potamogeton distinctus, salix, taraxacum
HabitatNot recordedshrubland
Conservation statusVulnerableLeast Concern
Countries recordedNot recordedNot recorded

A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.

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