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How much does a Bongo (antelope) weight?

It is hard to guess what a Bongo (antelope) weights. But we have the answer:

An adult Bongo (antelope) (Tragelaphus eurycerus) on average weights 269.5 kg (594.14 lbs).

The Bongo (antelope) is from the family Bovidae (genus: Tragelaphus). It is usually born with about 19.92 kg (43.92 lbs). They can live for up to 19.42 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 2.27 meter (7′ 6″). Usually, Bongo (antelope)s have 1 babies per litter.

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.

The average adult weight of a Bongo (antelope) is 269.5 kg (594.14 lbs)

The bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus) is a herbivorous, mostly nocturnal forest ungulate. Bongos are characterised by a striking reddish-brown coat, black and white markings, white-yellow stripes and long slightly spiralled horns. Indeed, bongos are the only tragelaphid in which both sexes have horns. They have a complex social interaction and are found in African dense forest mosaics.The western or lowland bongo, T. e. eurycerus, faces an ongoing population decline, and the IUCN Antelope Specialist Group considers it to be Near Threatened on the conservation status scale.The eastern or mountain bongo, T. e. isaaci, of Kenya, has a coat even more vibrant than that of T. e. eurycerus. The mountain bongo is only found in the wild in a few mountain regions of central Kenya. This bongo is classified by the IUCN Antelope Specialist Group as Critically Endangered, with fewer individuals in the wild than in captivity (where it breeds readily).In 2000, the Association of Zoos and Aquariums in the USA (AZA) upgraded the bongo to a Species Survival Plan participant and in 2006 added the Bongo Restoration to Mount Kenya Project to its list of the Top Ten Wildlife Conservation Success Stories of the year. However, in 2013, it seems, these successes have been compromised by reports of possibly only 100 mountain bongos left in the wild due to logging and poaching.

Animals of the same family as a Bongo (antelope)

We found other animals of the Bovidae family:

Animals with the same weight as a Bongo (antelope)

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Tragelaphus eurycerus:

Animals with the same size as a Bongo (antelope)

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Bongo (antelope):

Animals with the same litter size as a Bongo (antelope)

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Bongo (antelope):

Animals with the same life expectancy as a Bongo (antelope)

Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Bongo (antelope):