Moose vs Roe deer
The moose is heavier: 357 kg against 22.5 kg for the roe deer, about 16 times the weight.

Photo: Badzil · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Photo: Jerzystrzelecki · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
What is the difference between a moose and a roe deer?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The moose is heavier: 357 kg against 22.5 kg for the roe deer, about 16 times the weight.
- The moose is longer-lived: 27 years against 17.2 years for the roe deer, about 57% longer.
- They share the family Cervidae but sit in different genera: Moose in Alces, Roe deer in Capreolus.
- Both are listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
Side by side
| Moose | Roe deer | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Alces alces | Capreolus capreolus |
| Family | Cervidae | Cervidae |
| Order | Artiodactyla | Artiodactyla |
| Weight | 351 kg – 789 kg | 20.5 kg – 22.5 kg |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | 27 years | 17.2 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 | Not recorded |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.
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