How big does a Gerenuk get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri) reaches an average size of 1.5 meter (5′ 0″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 13 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 38.65 kg (85.21 lbs). A Gerenuk has 1 babies at once. The Gerenuk (genus: Litocranius) 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 gerenuk (; Somali: garanuug; Litocranius walleri), also known as the giraffe gazelle, is a long-necked antelope found in the Horn of Africa and the drier parts of East Africa. The sole member of the genus Litocranius, the gerenuk was first described by the naturalist Victor Brooke in 1879. It is characterised by its long, slender neck and limbs. The antelope is 80–105 centimetres (31–41 in) tall, and weighs between 28 and 52 kilograms (62 and 115 lb). Two types of colouration are clearly visible on the smooth coat: the reddish brown back or the “saddle”, and the lighter flanks, fawn to buff. The horns, present only on males, are lyre-shaped. Curving backward then slightly forward, these measure 25–44 centimetres (9.8–17.3 in).
Animals of the same family as a Gerenuk
We found other animals of the Bovidae family:
- Beira (antelope) with a size of 77.9 cm (2′ 7″)
- Goat with 1 babies per litter
- Kouprey with a size of 2.18 meter (7′ 2″)
- Sable antelope with a size of 2.04 meter (6′ 9″)
- Soemmerring’s gazelle with a size of 1.36 meter (4′ 6″)
- Goitered gazelle with a size of 95.8 cm (3′ 2″)
- Queen of Sheba’s gazelle with a size of 99.9 cm (3′ 4″)
- Red-flanked duiker with a size of 65 cm (2′ 2″)
- East Caucasian tur with 1 babies per litter
- Snow sheep with 1 babies per litter
Animals with the same size as a Gerenuk
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Gerenuk:
- Spotted hyena with a size of 1.3 meter (4′ 4″)
- Anoa with a size of 1.58 meter (5′ 3″)
- Iberian ibex with a size of 1.2 meter (4′ 0″)
- Marsh deer with a size of 1.72 meter (5′ 8″)
- Capybara with a size of 1.22 meter (4′ 0″)
- Cheetah with a size of 1.48 meter (4′ 11″)
- Arctocephalus forsteri with a size of 1.71 meter (5′ 8″)
- American black bear with a size of 1.38 meter (4′ 7″)
- Baiji with a size of 1.7 meter (5′ 8″)
- Bighorn sheep with a size of 1.57 meter (5′ 2″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Gerenuk
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Gerenuk:
- Toolache wallaby
- Little free-tailed bat
- Cape elephant shrew
- Large flying fox
- Common spotted cuscus
- Himalayan goral
- Blackbuck
- Pygmy killer whale
- African buffalo
- Eisentraut’s shrew
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Gerenuk
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Gerenuk:
- Menzbier’s marmot with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Black-footed cat with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Waterhouse’s leaf-nosed bat with an average maximal age of 10.42 years
- Red panda with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Malayan civet with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Agile wallaby with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Bioko Allen’s bushbaby with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Philippine tarsier with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Pudú with an average maximal age of 12.5 years
- Nine-banded armadillo with an average maximal age of 15 years
Animals with the same weight as a Gerenuk
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Litocranius walleri:
- Saiga antelope with a weight of 37.57 kilos (82.83 lbs)
- Calamian deer with a weight of 39.66 kilos (87.44 lbs)
- Japanese serow with a weight of 43.03 kilos (94.86 lbs)
- Blackbuck with a weight of 36.1 kilos (79.59 lbs)
- Red kangaroo with a weight of 38.98 kilos (85.94 lbs)
- Snow leopard with a weight of 32.5 kilos (71.65 lbs)
- Bohor reedbuck with a weight of 43.09 kilos (95 lbs)
- Harnessed bushbuck with a weight of 43.28 kilos (95.42 lbs)
- Sumatran orangutan with a weight of 39.7 kilos (87.52 lbs)
- Giant muntjac with a weight of 36.69 kilos (80.89 lbs)