How big does a Greater kudu get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) reaches an average size of 2.2 meter (7′ 3″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 23 years, they grow from 15.38 kg (33.91 lbs) to 205.53 kg (453.11 lbs). A Greater kudu has 1 babies at once. The Greater kudu (genus: Tragelaphus) 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 greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) is a woodland antelope found throughout eastern and southern Africa. Despite occupying such widespread territory, they are sparsely populated in most areas due to declining habitat, deforestation, and poaching. The greater kudu is one of two species commonly known as kudu, the other being the lesser kudu, T. imberbis.
Animals of the same family as a Greater kudu
We found other animals of the Bovidae family:
- Dibatag with a size of 1.51 meter (5′ 0″)
- Saola with a size of 1.75 meter (5′ 9″)
- Maxwell’s duiker with a size of 84.6 cm (2′ 10″)
- Mountain gazelle with a size of 1.01 meter (3′ 4″)
- Soemmerring’s gazelle with a size of 1.36 meter (4′ 6″)
- Anoa with a size of 1.73 meter (5′ 9″)
- Blackbuck with a size of 1.25 meter (4′ 2″)
- Domestic yak with 1 babies per litter
- Takin with a size of 1.74 meter (5′ 9″)
- Arabian oryx with 1 babies per litter
Animals with the same size as a Greater kudu
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Greater kudu:
- Tamaraw with a size of 2.2 meter (7′ 3″)
- Bearded seal with a size of 2.3 meter (7′ 7″)
- California sea lion with a size of 2.02 meter (6′ 8″)
- Dwarf sperm whale with a size of 2.16 meter (7′ 2″)
- Ross seal with a size of 2.07 meter (6′ 10″)
- Baird’s tapir with a size of 2.2 meter (7′ 3″)
- Spinner dolphin with a size of 2.13 meter (7′ 0″)
- Dwarf sperm whale with a size of 2.16 meter (7′ 1″)
- Okapi with a size of 2 meter (6′ 7″)
- Onager with a size of 2.25 meter (7′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Greater kudu
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Greater kudu:
- Large mosaic-tailed rat
- Climbing shrew
- Magdalena rat
- Fea’s muntjac
- Frosted sac-winged bat
- Cave nectar bat
- Anoa
- Dent’s mona monkey
- Little forest bat
- Puna mouse
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Greater kudu
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Greater kudu:
- Red-necked wallaby with an average maximal age of 19 years
- Northern viscacha with an average maximal age of 19.5 years
- Sambar deer with an average maximal age of 26.42 years
- Cattle with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Collared peccary with an average maximal age of 24.42 years
- Galápagos fur seal with an average maximal age of 22 years
- Southern hairy-nosed wombat with an average maximal age of 24.5 years
- Bennett’s tree-kangaroo with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Northern olingo with an average maximal age of 25 years
- Giant anteater with an average maximal age of 26 years
Animals with the same weight as a Greater kudu
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Tragelaphus strepsiceros:
- White-beaked dolphin with a weight of 186.82 kilos (411.87 lbs)
- Dwarf sperm whale with a weight of 183.07 kilos (403.6 lbs)
- Irrawaddy dolphin with a weight of 190 kilos (418.88 lbs)
- Philippine warty pig with a weight of 189.4 kilos (417.56 lbs)
- Red deer with a weight of 240.43 kilos (530.06 lbs)
- Gemsbok with a weight of 187.6 kilos (413.59 lbs)
- South American sea lion with a weight of 193.67 kilos (426.97 lbs)
- Lichtenstein’s hartebeest with a weight of 168 kilos (370.38 lbs)
- Melon-headed whale with a weight of 206 kilos (454.15 lbs)
- Australian sea lion with a weight of 189.14 kilos (416.98 lbs)