How big does a Anoa get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Anoa (Bubalus quarlesi) reaches an average size of 1.58 meter (5′ 3″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 22.5 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 180.86 kg (398.73 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:
- Grant’s gazelle with a size of 1.53 meter (5′ 1″)
- Long-tailed goral with an average maximal age of 13.17 years
- Dwarf blue sheep bringing 29.27 kilos (64.53 lbs) to the scale
- Arabian tahr with a size of 1.08 meter (3′ 7″)
- Siberian ibex with an average maximal age of 22.25 years
- Lichtenstein’s hartebeest with 1 babies per litter
- Nyala with a size of 1.94 meter (6′ 5″)
- Chinkara bringing 18.91 kilos (41.69 lbs) to the scale
- Topi with an average maximal age of 12.5 years
- Walia ibex with 1 babies per litter
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:
- Saola with a size of 1.75 meter (5′ 9″)
- Sitatunga with a size of 1.52 meter (5′ 0″)
- Takin with a size of 1.74 meter (5′ 9″)
- Tiger with a size of 1.83 meter (6′ 0″)
- Calamian deer with a size of 1.39 meter (4′ 7″)
- Taruca with a size of 1.55 meter (5′ 2″)
- Spotted hyena with a size of 1.3 meter (4′ 4″)
- Hirola with a size of 1.6 meter (5′ 3″)
- Mountain goat with a size of 1.3 meter (4′ 4″)
- Baikal seal with a size of 1.28 meter (4′ 3″)
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:
- Zanzibar bushbaby
- Banana pipistrelle
- Big-eared woolly bat
- Ogilby’s duiker
- Indian pipistrelle
- Moonrat
- Bennett’s tree-kangaroo
- Admiralty flying fox
- Geoffroy’s spider monkey
- Flores woolly bat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Anoa
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Anoa:
- Gray-bellied night monkey with an average maximal age of 18 years
- Bontebok with an average maximal age of 21.67 years
- Patas monkey with an average maximal age of 23.83 years
- South American sea lion with an average maximal age of 24.75 years
- Pacific white-sided dolphin with an average maximal age of 25 years
- Bennett’s tree-kangaroo with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Plains zebra with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Desert warthog with an average maximal age of 18.75 years
- Black-headed spider monkey with an average maximal age of 24 years
- Barbary macaque with an average maximal age of 22 years
Animals with the same weight as a Anoa
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Bubalus quarlesi:
- Asinus with a weight of 172.5 kilos (380.3 lbs)
- Grey seal with a weight of 197.29 kilos (434.95 lbs)
- Red hartebeest with a weight of 176.12 kilos (388.28 lbs)
- Nilgai with a weight of 181.63 kilos (400.43 lbs)
- Père David’s deer with a weight of 165.5 kilos (364.86 lbs)
- Equus onager with a weight of 205 kilos (451.95 lbs)
- East African oryx with a weight of 200.58 kilos (442.2 lbs)
- Eastern gorilla with a weight of 149.33 kilos (329.22 lbs)
- Lichtenstein’s hartebeest with a weight of 168 kilos (370.38 lbs)
- Thorold’s deer with a weight of 161.68 kilos (356.44 lbs)