Moose vs Red deer

The moose is heavier: 357 kg against 165 kg for the red deer, about 2.2 times the weight.

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

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

The moose is heavier: 357 kg against 165 kg for the red deer, about 2.2 times the weight.
The moose is longer-lived: 27 years against 26.9 years for the red deer, about 0% longer.
They share the family Cervidae but sit in different genera: Moose in Alces, Red deer in Cervus.
Both are listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

	Moose	Red deer
Scientific name	Alces alces	Cervus elaphus
Family	Cervidae	Cervidae
Order	Artiodactyla	Artiodactyla
Weight	351 kg – 789 kg	122 kg – 165 kg
Length	Not recorded	Not recorded
Lifespan	27 years	26.9 years
Main food	forb, polypodiopsida, populus tremuloides, potamogeton distinctus, salix, taraxacum	Not recorded
Habitat	shrubland	Not recorded
Conservation status	Least Concern	Least Concern
Countries recorded	Not recorded	1

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