How big does a Arabian tahr get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Arabian tahr (Hemitragus jayakari) reaches an average size of 1.08 meter (3′ 7″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 14 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 22.06 kg (48.62 lbs). A Arabian tahr has 1 babies at once. The Arabian tahr (genus: Hemitragus) 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 Arabian tahr (Arabitragus jayakari) is a species of tahr native to eastern Arabia. Until recently, it was placed in the genus Hemitragus, but genetic evidence supports its removal to a separate monotypic genus.The Arabian tahr is the smallest species of tahr. The animal is of stocky build with backward-arching horns in both sexes. Males are much more robust than females. Their coats consist of a long, reddish-brown hair, with a dark stripe running down the back. Males possess the most impressive manes which extend right down the back and grow longer, based on the age. In the oldest males the muzzle darkens to black and the eye stripes also darken. As with most mountain goats and sheep, they have rubber-like hooves to provide balance and traction on the steep, rocky slopes.
Animals of the same family as a Arabian tahr
We found other animals of the Bovidae family:
- Gemsbok with a size of 1.62 meter (5′ 4″)
- Blackbuck with a size of 1.25 meter (4′ 2″)
- Aders’s duiker with a size of 69 cm (2′ 4″)
- Dibatag with a size of 1.51 meter (5′ 0″)
- Nilgiri tahr with a size of 1.39 meter (4′ 7″)
- Cattle with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Roan antelope with a size of 1.15 meter (3′ 10″)
- Goa (antelope) with a size of 98 cm (3′ 3″)
- Dall sheep with a size of 1.42 meter (4′ 8″)
- Harnessed bushbuck with a size of 1.25 meter (4′ 2″)
Animals with the same size as a Arabian tahr
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Arabian tahr:
- Maned wolf with a size of 1.25 meter (4′ 2″)
- Buru babirusa with a size of 95 cm (3′ 2″)
- Harnessed bushbuck with a size of 1.25 meter (4′ 2″)
- Sun bear with a size of 1.22 meter (4′ 1″)
- Red goral with a size of 1.04 meter (3′ 5″)
- Gray brocket with a size of 91.8 cm (3′ 1″)
- Dorcas gazelle with a size of 96.6 cm (3′ 3″)
- Mountain gazelle with a size of 1.01 meter (3′ 4″)
- Ethiopian wolf with a size of 94.1 cm (3′ 2″)
- Chacoan peccary with a size of 1.03 meter (3′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Arabian tahr
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Arabian tahr:
- Bald uakari
- Brown greater galago
- Hartebeest
- Diana monkey
- Puna mouse
- Big hairy armadillo
- Woolly horseshoe bat
- Chestnut-bellied titi
- Sea otter
- Naked-rumped pouched bat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Arabian tahr
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Arabian tahr:
- Hispaniolan solenodon with an average maximal age of 11.33 years
- Long-footed treeshrew with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Günther’s dik-dik with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Salt’s dik-dik with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Suni with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Nyala with an average maximal age of 16 years
- Brown palm civet with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Long-nosed potoroo with an average maximal age of 12 years
- L’Hoest’s monkey with an average maximal age of 16 years
- Grant’s gazelle with an average maximal age of 12.67 years
Animals with the same weight as a Arabian tahr
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Hemitragus jayakari:
- Four-horned antelope with a weight of 19.19 kilos (42.31 lbs)
- Southern hairy-nosed wombat with a weight of 26.18 kilos (57.72 lbs)
- Tufted deer with a weight of 23.04 kilos (50.79 lbs)
- Cameroon clawless otter with a weight of 21.6 kilos (47.62 lbs)
- Chacma baboon with a weight of 17.73 kilos (39.09 lbs)
- Bay duiker with a weight of 20 kilos (44.09 lbs)
- Thomson’s gazelle with a weight of 22.6 kilos (49.82 lbs)
- African wild dog with a weight of 22 kilos (48.5 lbs)
- Peters’s duiker with a weight of 18.94 kilos (41.76 lbs)
- North American beaver with a weight of 18.11 kilos (39.93 lbs)