How big does a Black-fronted duiker get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Black-fronted duiker (Cephalophus nigrifrons) reaches an average size of 94.4 cm (3′ 2″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 19.67 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 14.44 kg (31.83 lbs). The Black-fronted duiker (genus: Cephalophus) is a member of the family Bovidae.
As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.
The black-fronted duiker (Cephalophus nigrifrons) is a small antelope found in central and west-central Africa.
Animals of the same family as a Black-fronted duiker
We found other animals of the Bovidae family:
- Lechwe with 1 babies per litter
- Blue wildebeest with a size of 2.01 meter (6′ 8″)
- Scimitar oryx with a size of 1.91 meter (6′ 4″)
- Naemorhedus sumatraensis with a size of 1.45 meter (4′ 10″)
- Domestic yak with 1 babies per litter
- Abbott’s duiker with a size of 1.18 meter (3′ 11″)
- Goat with 1 babies per litter
- Przewalski’s gazelle bringing 27.5 kilos (60.63 lbs) to the scale
- Queen of Sheba’s gazelle with a size of 99.9 cm (3′ 4″)
- Muskox with 1 babies per litter
Animals with the same size as a Black-fronted duiker
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Black-fronted duiker:
- Serval with a size of 83.5 cm (2′ 9″)
- Eurasian lynx with a size of 85.4 cm (2′ 10″)
- North American porcupine with a size of 83.7 cm (2′ 9″)
- Speke’s gazelle with a size of 88.5 cm (2′ 11″)
- Asian golden cat with a size of 89 cm (3′ 0″)
- Buru babirusa with a size of 95 cm (3′ 2″)
- Himalayan goral with a size of 1.06 meter (3′ 6″)
- Thomson’s gazelle with a size of 88.5 cm (2′ 11″)
- Southern hairy-nosed wombat with a size of 85.5 cm (2′ 10″)
- Goa (antelope) with a size of 98 cm (3′ 3″)
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Black-fronted duiker
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Black-fronted duiker:
- Bongo (antelope) with an average maximal age of 19.42 years
- Giant eland with an average maximal age of 16.17 years
- Lesser horseshoe bat with an average maximal age of 21 years
- Antarctic fur seal with an average maximal age of 23 years
- Cotton-top tamarin with an average maximal age of 23.08 years
- Celebes crested macaque with an average maximal age of 18 years
- Sheep with an average maximal age of 19.17 years
- Cacomistle with an average maximal age of 23 years
- Domestic yak with an average maximal age of 22.25 years
- Proboscis monkey with an average maximal age of 21 years
Animals with the same weight as a Black-fronted duiker
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Cephalophus nigrifrons:
- Ursine tree-kangaroo with a weight of 13.28 kilos (29.28 lbs)
- Yellow baboon with a weight of 15.82 kilos (34.88 lbs)
- Oribi with a weight of 17.16 kilos (37.83 lbs)
- Agile wallaby with a weight of 11.86 kilos (26.15 lbs)
- Hamadryas baboon with a weight of 14.97 kilos (33 lbs)
- Dwarf brocket with a weight of 16.04 kilos (35.36 lbs)
- Ruwenzori duiker with a weight of 15 kilos (33.07 lbs)
- Black wallaroo with a weight of 17 kilos (37.48 lbs)
- European badger with a weight of 11.89 kilos (26.21 lbs)
- Golden snub-nosed monkey with a weight of 13.5 kilos (29.76 lbs)