It is hard to guess what a Anoa weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Anoa (Bubalus depressicornis) on average weights 256 kg (564.37 lbs).
The Anoa is from the family Bovidae (genus: Bubalus). They can live for up to 36 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 1.73 meter (5′ 9″). On average, Anoas can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 1.
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
Anoa, also known as midget buffalo and sapiutan, are a subgenus of Bubalus comprising two species endemic to the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia: the mountain anoa (Bubalus quarlesi) and the lowland anoa (Bubalus depressicornis). Both live in undisturbed rainforest and are similar in appearance to miniature water buffalo, weighing 150–300 kg (330–660 lb).Both species of anoa have been classified as endangered since the 1960s and the populations continue to decrease. Fewer than 5,000 animals of each species likely remain. Reasons for their decline include hunting for hides, horns and meat by the local peoples and loss of habitat due to the advancement of settlement. Currently, hunting is the more serious factor in most areas.After a study of the skulls of many anoa, it was shown that there was hybridizing and interbreeding between the two. It was questioned as to whether the two species were actually different due to mixing of the two in many different areas, as well as some interbreeding. After analyzing the DNA barcode of the two, it was proven that they are in fact different species.
Animals of the same family as a Anoa
We found other animals of the Bovidae family:
- Nilgai bringing 181.63 kilos (400.43 lbs) to the scale
- Red-fronted gazelle bringing 27 kilos (59.52 lbs) to the scale
- Przewalski’s gazelle bringing 27.5 kilos (60.63 lbs) to the scale
- Mountain goat bringing 71.84 kilos (158.38 lbs) to the scale
- Puku bringing 71.23 kilos (157.04 lbs) to the scale
- European bison bringing 674.44 kilos (1486.88 lbs) to the scale
- Günther’s dik-dik bringing 4.61 kilos (10.16 lbs) to the scale
- Red forest duiker bringing 12.36 kilos (27.25 lbs) to the scale
- Nilgiri tahr bringing 73.94 kilos (163.01 lbs) to the scale
- Goat bringing 47.14 kilos (103.93 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Anoa
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Bubalus depressicornis:
- Pygmy hippopotamus with a weight of 231 kilos (509.27 lbs)
- Ross seal with a weight of 208.63 kilos (459.95 lbs)
- New Zealand sea lion with a weight of 273.67 kilos (603.34 lbs)
- Mountain nyala with a weight of 215 kilos (473.99 lbs)
- Greater kudu with a weight of 205.53 kilos (453.12 lbs)
- Common bottlenose dolphin with a weight of 281.02 kilos (619.54 lbs)
- Dugong with a weight of 295 kilos (650.36 lbs)
- Kiang with a weight of 280.57 kilos (618.55 lbs)
- Hooded seal with a weight of 278.95 kilos (614.98 lbs)
- Roan antelope with a weight of 262.09 kilos (577.81 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Anoa
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Anoa:
- Taruca with a size of 1.55 meter (5′ 2″)
- Guanaco with a size of 1.47 meter (4′ 11″)
- Dall’s porpoise with a size of 1.97 meter (6′ 6″)
- Javan rusa with a size of 1.63 meter (5′ 5″)
- Dama gazelle with a size of 1.46 meter (4′ 10″)
- Nilgai with a size of 2 meter (6′ 7″)
- California sea lion with a size of 2.02 meter (6′ 8″)
- Guadalupe fur seal with a size of 1.71 meter (5′ 8″)
- Vicuña with a size of 1.58 meter (5′ 3″)
- Hirola with a size of 1.6 meter (5′ 3″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Anoa
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Anoa:
- Servaline genet
- Pallas’s squirrel
- Black-rumped agouti
- Harpy fruit bat
- Southern reedbuck
- Collared mangabey
- Atlantic bamboo rat
- Gray whale
- Rio Mayo titi
- Prehensile-tailed hutia
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Anoa
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Anoa:
- Hoffmann’s two-toed sloth with an average maximal age of 32.08 years
- American black bear with an average maximal age of 32 years
- West Indian manatee with an average maximal age of 30 years
- Northern giraffe with an average maximal age of 36.25 years
- Javan rhinoceros with an average maximal age of 40 years
- Kinkajou with an average maximal age of 29 years
- Crested servaline genet with an average maximal age of 34 years
- Western long-beaked echidna with an average maximal age of 31 years
- Polar bear with an average maximal age of 38.17 years
- Diana monkey with an average maximal age of 37.25 years