🐃Siberian musk deer
The Siberian musk deer is a musk deer found in the mountain forests of Northeast Asia. It is most common in the taiga of southern Siberia, but is also found in parts of Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria and the Korean peninsula.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2015.
- Body mass
- 13 kg
- Body length
- 0.95 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 14 years
Everything we know about the Siberian musk deer
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass13 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 10 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Body length0.95 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass36 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan14 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length6 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity1.3 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation169 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 162 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Litter sizeabout 2COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1.5AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0.13 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l13 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Siberian musk deer yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderArtiodactyla
- ›familyMoschidae
- ›genusMoschus
- ›speciesMoschus moschiferus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- infraorderPecora
- genusMoschus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderRuminantia
- infraorderPecora
- genusMoschus
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