How many baby Dibatags are in a litter?
A Dibatag (Ammodorcas clarkei) usually gives birth to around 1 babies.
Each of those little ones spend around 200 days as a fetus before they are released into the wild. Upon birth, they weight 13.5 kg (29.76 lbs) and measure 1.7 cm (0′ 1″). They are a member of the Bovidae family (genus: Ammodorcas). An adult Dibatag grows up to a size of 1.51 meter (5′ 0″).
To have a reference: Humans obviously usually have a litter size of one ;). Their babies are in the womb of their mother for 280 days (40 weeks) and reach an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). They weight in at 62 kg (137 lbs), which is obviously highly individual, and reach an average age of 75 years.
The dibatag (Ammodorcas clarkei), or Clarke’s gazelle, is a medium-sized slender antelope native to Ethiopia and Somalia. Though not a true gazelle, it is similarly marked, with long legs and neck. It is often confused with the gerenuk due to their striking resemblance. The typical head-and-body length is about 103 to 117 cm (41 to 46 in). They stand up to about 80 to 90 cm (31 to 35 in). Male dibatag weigh between 20 and 35 kg (44 and 77 lb), whereas females range from 22 and 29 kg (49 and 64 lb). The length of the curved horns, present only on males, is typically between 10 and 25 cm (3.9 and 9.8 in). The upper parts are gray to fawn, while the dorsal and lateral areas are cinnamon to rufous (reddish brown). The underparts, rump and the insides of the legs are all white. While markings are visible on the face, there are none on the flanks or the buttocks.Dibatag are alert and secretive, and their brown coat provides an excellent camouflage, making the dibatag one of the antelopes most difficult to hunt. They are diurnal animals, and navigate in very small herds. Both sexes attain sexual maturity at 12 to 18 months. The species is polygynous. After a gestational period of six to seven months, a single offspring is born. Parturition usually occurs from September to November. The lifespan typically averages 10 to 12 years. Dibatag may maintain temporary territories demarcated by preorbital gland secretions, urine or feces. Primarily browsers, the dibatag feed on foliage and young shoots and shrubs. Dibatag are well adapted to semi-arid habitats, with the capability of surviving on very little or no water.Several factors including human settlement, habitat degradation, large numbers of livestock, political unrest and armed conflicts in the areas covering its range and lack of conservation measures for two to three decades in the late 20th century have now reduced the population to only a few thousand. Significant populations still occur in southern Ogaden (Ethiopia). The dibatag is listed by the IUCN as “Vulnerable”.
Other animals of the family Bovidae
Dibatag is a member of the Bovidae, as are these animals:
- Long-tailed goral becoming 13.17 years old
- Tibetan antelope with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Walia ibex with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Nilgai with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Saiga antelope with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Bharal with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Mountain nyala with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Speke’s gazelle with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Dorcas gazelle with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Silver dik-dik with 1 babies per pregnancy
Animals that share a litter size with Dibatag
Those animals also give birth to 1 babies at once:
- Pygmy killer whale
- Philippine flying lemur
- Intermediate long-fingered bat
- Narrow-striped mongoose
- Eared hutia
- Yellow-bellied glider
- Aders’s duiker
- Sun bear
- Bunyoro rabbit
- Parma wallaby
Animals that get as old as a Dibatag
Other animals that usually reach the age of 3 years:
- Etruscan shrew with 2.67 years
- Gray four-eyed opossum with 3.5 years
- Four-striped grass mouse with 2.83 years
- Salt marsh harvest mouse with 2.58 years
- Small Japanese mole with 3.5 years
- Lutrine opossum with 3 years
- Southern bog lemming with 2.5 years
- Woodland vole with 2.75 years
- Raffray’s bandicoot with 3.25 years
- Silvery mole-rat with 3.08 years
Animals with the same weight as a Dibatag
What other animals weight around 28.05 kg (61.84 lbs)?
- White-lipped peccary usually reaching 31.6 kgs (69.67 lbs)
- Chamois usually reaching 33.11 kgs (72.99 lbs)
- Springbok usually reaching 33.39 kgs (73.61 lbs)
- Mountain reedbuck usually reaching 29.2 kgs (64.37 lbs)
- Pyrenean chamois usually reaching 30 kgs (66.14 lbs)
- Przewalski’s gazelle usually reaching 27.5 kgs (60.63 lbs)
- Red goral usually reaching 28.68 kgs (63.23 lbs)
- Antilopine kangaroo usually reaching 27.28 kgs (60.14 lbs)
- Common wallaroo usually reaching 25.99 kgs (57.3 lbs)
- Western grey kangaroo usually reaching 25.58 kgs (56.39 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Dibatag
Also reaching around 1.51 meter (5′ 0″) in size do these animals:
- Ribbon seal gets as big as 1.54 meter (5′ 1″)
- Puku gets as big as 1.34 meter (4′ 5″)
- Capybara gets as big as 1.22 meter (4′ 0″)
- Common tsessebe gets as big as 1.7 meter (5′ 7″)
- Juan Fernández fur seal gets as big as 1.7 meter (5′ 7″)
- Kob gets as big as 1.7 meter (5′ 7″)
- Bornean bearded pig gets as big as 1.35 meter (4′ 6″)
- Capybara gets as big as 1.21 meter (4′ 0″)
- Hirola gets as big as 1.6 meter (5′ 3″)
- Bawean deer gets as big as 1.38 meter (4′ 7″)