Largest cervids

Cervids are one of the most common families of wild herbivores in the world. Of these the moose can grow up to 2.33 m tall and weigh as much as 820 kg. The smallest cervid is the northern pudu.

Rank	Cervid	Binomial name	Known maximum mass [kg (lbs)]	Shoulder Height [m]	Image
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	Père David's deer	Elaphurus davidianus	200 (441) [10]	1.2
11	Marsh deer	Blastocerus dichotomus	150 (330) [11]	1.2

See also

• List of cervids