One clip names both of them

156 views between them.

Red deer outweighs Mule deer 2.8× — 160 kg against 57 kg.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

160 kg

🦌 Red deer · COMBINE

57 kg

🦌 Mule deer · COMBINE

Shoulder height

1.13 m

🦌 Red deer

no figure yet

🦌 Mule deer

Body length

2.14 m

🦌 Red deer · COMBINE

1.81 m

🦌 Mule deer · COMBINE

Maximum lifespan

31 yr

🦌 Red deer · COMBINE

22 yr

🦌 Mule deer · COMBINE

Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.

Animals caught on camera

Real footage of the animals on this site — hunting, fighting, and getting on with it.

Shared ancestry

The closest group they share is Cervidae (family), home to 183 species.

We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.