How big does a Gemsbok get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) reaches an average size of 1.62 meter (5′ 4″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 20 years, they grow from 12.07 kg (26.61 lbs) to 187.6 kg (413.59 lbs). A Gemsbok has 1 babies at once. The Gemsbok (genus: Oryx) 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 gemsbok, gemsbuck or South African oryx (Oryx gazella) is a large antelope in the genus Oryx. It is native to the arid regions of Southern Africa, such as the Kalahari Desert. Some authorities formerly included the East African oryx as a subspecies.The gemsbok is depicted on the coat of arms of Namibia, where the current population of the species is estimated at 373,000 individuals.
Animals of the same family as a Gemsbok
We found other animals of the Bovidae family:
- Sitatunga with a size of 1.52 meter (5′ 0″)
- Oribi with a size of 1.16 meter (3′ 10″)
- Japanese serow with 1 babies per litter
- Red goral with a size of 1.04 meter (3′ 5″)
- Nilgai with a size of 2 meter (6′ 7″)
- Mountain nyala with a size of 2.25 meter (7′ 5″)
- Water buffalo with a size of 2.65 meter (8′ 9″)
- Thomson’s gazelle with a size of 88.5 cm (2′ 11″)
- Steenbok with a size of 82.4 cm (2′ 9″)
- Dorcas gazelle with a size of 96.6 cm (3′ 3″)
Animals with the same size as a Gemsbok
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Gemsbok:
- Black wildebeest with a size of 1.82 meter (6′ 0″)
- Visayan warty pig with a size of 1.35 meter (4′ 6″)
- Barasingha with a size of 1.5 meter (5′ 0″)
- Guadalupe fur seal with a size of 1.71 meter (5′ 8″)
- Ribbon seal with a size of 1.54 meter (5′ 1″)
- Bornean bearded pig with a size of 1.35 meter (4′ 6″)
- Baiji with a size of 1.7 meter (5′ 8″)
- Grant’s gazelle with a size of 1.53 meter (5′ 1″)
- Takin with a size of 1.74 meter (5′ 9″)
- Soemmerring’s gazelle with a size of 1.36 meter (4′ 6″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Gemsbok
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Gemsbok:
- Rüppell’s broad-nosed bat
- Jentink’s duiker
- Western grey kangaroo
- Blue monkey
- Java mouse-deer
- Brown long-eared bat
- Buru babirusa
- Eastern woolly lemur
- Diadem leaf-nosed bat
- California sea lion
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Gemsbok
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Gemsbok:
- Giant eland with an average maximal age of 16.17 years
- Raccoon with an average maximal age of 20.83 years
- Ocelot with an average maximal age of 20.25 years
- Dama gazelle with an average maximal age of 17.25 years
- Red-necked wallaby with an average maximal age of 19 years
- Mountain goat with an average maximal age of 19.17 years
- Bohor reedbuck with an average maximal age of 18 years
- Cotton-top tamarin with an average maximal age of 23.08 years
- Yellow-backed duiker with an average maximal age of 17.25 years
- Big brown bat with an average maximal age of 20 years
Animals with the same weight as a Gemsbok
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Oryx gazella:
- Black wildebeest with a weight of 156.55 kilos (345.13 lbs)
- Nilgai with a weight of 181.63 kilos (400.43 lbs)
- Sambar deer with a weight of 176 kilos (388.01 lbs)
- Tiger with a weight of 162.28 kilos (357.77 lbs)
- Thorold’s deer with a weight of 161.68 kilos (356.44 lbs)
- Caribbean monk seal with a weight of 198.38 kilos (437.35 lbs)
- Mountain tapir with a weight of 155.46 kilos (342.73 lbs)
- Grey seal with a weight of 197.29 kilos (434.95 lbs)
- Barasingha with a weight of 171.22 kilos (377.48 lbs)
- Greater kudu with a weight of 205.53 kilos (453.12 lbs)