Moose vs Water deer
The moose is heavier: 357 kg against 14 kg for the water deer, about 26 times the weight.

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What is the difference between a moose and a water deer?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The moose is heavier: 357 kg against 14 kg for the water deer, about 26 times the weight.
- The moose is longer-lived: 27 years against 13 years for the water deer, about 2.1 times the lifespan.
- They share the family Cervidae but sit in different genera: Moose in Alces, Water deer in Hydropotes.
- The moose is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List; the water deer is Vulnerable.
Side by side
| Moose | Water deer | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Alces alces | Hydropotes inermis |
| Family | Cervidae | Cervidae |
| Order | Artiodactyla | Artiodactyla |
| Weight | 351 kg – 789 kg | 12.8 kg – 14 kg |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | 27 years | 13 years |
| Main food | forb, polypodiopsida, populus tremuloides, potamogeton distinctus, salix, taraxacum | Not recorded |
| Habitat | shrubland | forest |
| Conservation status | Least Concern | Vulnerable |
| 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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