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How many babies does a Suni have at once? (litter size)

How many baby Sunis are in a litter?

A Suni (Neotragus moschatus) usually gives birth to around 1 babies.

Each of those little ones spend around 180 days as a fetus before they are released into the wild. Upon birth, they weight 499 grams (1.1 lbs) and measure 2.9 cm (0′ 2″). They are a member of the Bovidae family (genus: Neotragus). An adult Suni grows up to a size of 59.9 cm (2′ 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 average litter size of a Suni is 1

The Suni (Neotragus moschatus) is a small antelope. It occurs in dense underbrush from central Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.Suni are around 12–17 inches (30–43 cm) high at the shoulder and weigh 10–12 pounds (4.5–5.4 kg). They are usually reddish brown, darker on their back than their sides and legs. The belly, chin, throat and insides of legs are white. The nostrils are prominent red, and there are black rings around the eyes and above the hooves. Males have horns 3–5 inches (8–13 cm) long, that are ridged most of their length and curve backwards close to their heads. Females do not have horns. Suni can make weak barking and whistling sounds.Suni feed on leaves, fungi, fruits and flowers, and need almost no free water. They are shy, most active at night, and sleep during the day in a shady, sheltered area. They are social but males defend a territory of about three hectares. They scent-mark the boundaries with secretions from their preorbital glands. There may be an individual or communal dung pile on the periphery of the territory. A male usually takes one mate, but other females may share his territory. A single calf is born weighing about two pounds, after a gestation of 183 days.Lions, birds of prey, snakes, and other meat-eaters prey on suni. For protection, they are well camouflaged in dry grass and keep very still. When a predator is almost on top of them, they spring out and bound away into the underbrush.

Other animals of the family Bovidae

Suni is a member of the Bovidae, as are these animals:

Animals that share a litter size with Suni

Those animals also give birth to 1 babies at once:

Animals that get as old as a Suni

Other animals that usually reach the age of 14 years:

Animals with the same weight as a Suni

What other animals weight around 5.63 kg (12.4 lbs)?

Animals with the same size as a Suni

Also reaching around 59.9 cm (2′ 0″) in size do these animals: