It is hard to guess what a Anoa weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Anoa (Bubalus quarlesi) on average weights 180.86 kg (398.73 lbs).
The Anoa is from the family Bovidae (genus: Bubalus). They can live for up to 22.5 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 1.58 meter (5′ 3″). On average, Anoas can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 1.
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
Anoa, also known as midget buffalo and sapiutan, are a subgenus of Bubalus comprising two species endemic to the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia: the mountain anoa (Bubalus quarlesi) and the lowland anoa (Bubalus depressicornis). Both live in undisturbed rainforest and are similar in appearance to miniature water buffalo, weighing 150–300 kg (330–660 lb).Both species of anoa have been classified as endangered since the 1960s and the populations continue to decrease. Fewer than 5,000 animals of each species likely remain. Reasons for their decline include hunting for hides, horns and meat by the local peoples and loss of habitat due to the advancement of settlement. Currently, hunting is the more serious factor in most areas.After a study of the skulls of many anoa, it was shown that there was hybridizing and interbreeding between the two. It was questioned as to whether the two species were actually different due to mixing of the two in many different areas, as well as some interbreeding. After analyzing the DNA barcode of the two, it was proven that they are in fact different species.
Animals of the same family as a Anoa
We found other animals of the Bovidae family:
- Nile lechwe bringing 85.5 kilos (188.5 lbs) to the scale
- Arabian tahr bringing 22.06 kilos (48.63 lbs) to the scale
- Queen of Sheba’s gazelle bringing 48.5 kilos (106.92 lbs) to the scale
- Southern reedbuck bringing 57.94 kilos (127.74 lbs) to the scale
- Kob bringing 79.77 kilos (175.86 lbs) to the scale
- Cuvier’s gazelle with 1 babies per litter
- Hirola bringing 78.6 kilos (173.28 lbs) to the scale
- Giant eland bringing 644.51 kilos (1420.9 lbs) to the scale
- Rhim gazelle bringing 24.47 kilos (53.95 lbs) to the scale
- Nubian ibex bringing 47.68 kilos (105.12 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Anoa
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Bubalus quarlesi:
- Melon-headed whale with a weight of 206 kilos (454.15 lbs)
- Sambar deer with a weight of 177.52 kilos (391.36 lbs)
- Gemsbok with a weight of 187.6 kilos (413.59 lbs)
- Thorold’s deer with a weight of 161 kilos (354.94 lbs)
- Mountain nyala with a weight of 215 kilos (473.99 lbs)
- Nilgai with a weight of 181.63 kilos (400.43 lbs)
- East African oryx with a weight of 200.58 kilos (442.2 lbs)
- Tiger with a weight of 162.28 kilos (357.77 lbs)
- Lion with a weight of 158.75 kilos (349.98 lbs)
- Giant forest hog with a weight of 196.57 kilos (433.36 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Anoa
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Anoa:
- Australian sea lion with a size of 1.8 meter (5′ 11″)
- Barbary sheep with a size of 1.45 meter (4′ 10″)
- Vicuña with a size of 1.58 meter (5′ 3″)
- Subantarctic fur seal with a size of 1.63 meter (5′ 4″)
- American black bear with a size of 1.38 meter (4′ 7″)
- Bornean bearded pig with a size of 1.35 meter (4′ 6″)
- Guanaco with a size of 1.47 meter (4′ 11″)
- Caspian seal with a size of 1.41 meter (4′ 8″)
- Common tsessebe with a size of 1.7 meter (5′ 7″)
- Bawean deer with a size of 1.38 meter (4′ 7″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Anoa
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Anoa:
- Dryas monkey
- Tufted capuchin
- Llama
- Blackish deer mouse
- Speke’s pectinator
- Long-tongued nectar bat
- Wahlberg’s epauletted fruit bat
- Atlantic titi
- Brown long-eared bat
- Moustached guenon
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Anoa
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Anoa:
- Striped hyena with an average maximal age of 24 years
- Barbary macaque with an average maximal age of 22 years
- Common vampire bat with an average maximal age of 19.5 years
- Egyptian fruit bat with an average maximal age of 22.83 years
- Naemorhedus sumatraensis with an average maximal age of 21 years
- Sika deer with an average maximal age of 25.42 years
- Mule deer with an average maximal age of 22 years
- Sambar deer with an average maximal age of 26.42 years
- Coyote with an average maximal age of 21.83 years
- Arabian oryx with an average maximal age of 20 years