How big does a Anoa get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Anoa (Bubalus depressicornis) reaches an average size of 1.73 meter (5′ 9″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 36 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 256 kg (564.37 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Anoas have 1 babies about 1 times per year. The Anoa (genus: Bubalus) 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.
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:
- Harnessed bushbuck with a size of 1.25 meter (4′ 2″)
- Hirola with a size of 1.6 meter (5′ 3″)
- Dama gazelle with a size of 1.46 meter (4′ 10″)
- Blue duiker with a size of 69.3 cm (2′ 4″)
- Harvey’s duiker bringing 14.5 kilos (31.97 lbs) to the scale
- Suni with a size of 59.9 cm (2′ 0″)
- Lichtenstein’s hartebeest bringing 168.7 kilos (371.92 lbs) to the scale
- Soemmerring’s gazelle with a size of 1.36 meter (4′ 6″)
- Maxwell’s duiker with a size of 84.5 cm (2′ 10″)
- Takin with a size of 1.74 meter (5′ 9″)
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:
- Grant’s gazelle with a size of 1.53 meter (5′ 1″)
- South American fur seal with a size of 1.65 meter (5′ 6″)
- Gerenuk with a size of 1.5 meter (5′ 0″)
- Dall’s porpoise with a size of 1.97 meter (6′ 6″)
- Kob with a size of 1.7 meter (5′ 7″)
- Lion with a size of 1.84 meter (6′ 1″)
- Nyala with a size of 1.94 meter (6′ 5″)
- Guanaco with a size of 1.47 meter (4′ 11″)
- Bighorn sheep with a size of 1.57 meter (5′ 2″)
- Vaquita with a size of 1.52 meter (5′ 0″)
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:
- Hispid pocket gopher
- Philippine tarsier
- Buru babirusa
- Dusky fruit bat
- Hartebeest
- Little forest bat
- Striped possum
- Red-tailed squirrel
- Eastern forest bat
- Rwanda African mole-rat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Anoa
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Anoa:
- Sumatran rhinoceros with an average maximal age of 35 years
- Okapi with an average maximal age of 33 years
- Brown long-eared bat with an average maximal age of 30 years
- Crabeater seal with an average maximal age of 39 years
- Mona monkey with an average maximal age of 30 years
- Hoffmann’s two-toed sloth with an average maximal age of 32.08 years
- Drill (animal) with an average maximal age of 33.33 years
- Silvery lutung with an average maximal age of 31.08 years
- Lion with an average maximal age of 30 years
- South American tapir with an average maximal age of 35 years
Animals with the same weight as a Anoa
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Bubalus depressicornis:
- Tamaraw with a weight of 252.7 kilos (557.11 lbs)
- Takin with a weight of 292.76 kilos (645.42 lbs)
- Sable antelope with a weight of 235.2 kilos (518.53 lbs)
- Mountain zebra with a weight of 279.73 kilos (616.7 lbs)
- Ross seal with a weight of 208.63 kilos (459.95 lbs)
- Common bottlenose dolphin with a weight of 281.02 kilos (619.54 lbs)
- Bearded seal with a weight of 280 kilos (617.29 lbs)
- Hawaiian monk seal with a weight of 223 kilos (491.63 lbs)
- Roan antelope with a weight of 262.09 kilos (577.81 lbs)
- Burchell’s zebra with a weight of 278.08 kilos (613.06 lbs)