It is hard to guess what a Chamois weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) on average weights 33.11 kg (73 lbs).
The Chamois is from the family Bovidae (genus: Rupicapra). It is usually born with about 2.25 kg (4.96 lbs). They can live for up to 22 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 12.9 cm (0′ 6″). Usually, Chamoiss 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 chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) is a species of goat-antelope native to mountains in Europe, from west to east, including the Cantabrian mountains, the Pyrenees, the Alps and the Apennines, the Dinarides, the Tatra and the Carpathian Mountains, the Balkan Mountains, the Rila – Rhodope massif, Pindus, the northeastern mountains of Turkey, and the Caucasus. The chamois has also been introduced to the South Island of New Zealand. Some subspecies of chamois are strictly protected in the EU under the European Habitats Directive.
Animals of the same family as a Chamois
We found other animals of the Bovidae family:
- Salt’s dik-dik bringing 3.4 kilos (7.5 lbs) to the scale
- Steenbok bringing 11.64 kilos (25.66 lbs) to the scale
- Mountain reedbuck bringing 29.2 kilos (64.37 lbs) to the scale
- Bongo (antelope) bringing 269.5 kilos (594.15 lbs) to the scale
- Blackbuck bringing 36.1 kilos (79.59 lbs) to the scale
- Peters’s duiker bringing 18.94 kilos (41.76 lbs) to the scale
- Przewalski’s gazelle bringing 27.5 kilos (60.63 lbs) to the scale
- Dall sheep bringing 70 kilos (154.32 lbs) to the scale
- Impala bringing 52.45 kilos (115.63 lbs) to the scale
- Silver dik-dik bringing 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Chamois
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Rupicapra rupicapra:
- Indian hog deer with a weight of 37.27 kilos (82.17 lbs)
- Thylacine with a weight of 30 kilos (66.14 lbs)
- Dibatag with a weight of 28.05 kilos (61.84 lbs)
- Giant anteater with a weight of 28.72 kilos (63.32 lbs)
- Sumatran orangutan with a weight of 39.7 kilos (87.52 lbs)
- Calamian deer with a weight of 39.66 kilos (87.44 lbs)
- Sheep with a weight of 37.47 kilos (82.61 lbs)
- Pampas deer with a weight of 34.55 kilos (76.17 lbs)
- Himalayan goral with a weight of 28.75 kilos (63.38 lbs)
- Saiga antelope with a weight of 37.57 kilos (82.83 lbs)
Animals with the same litter size as a Chamois
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Chamois:
- Philippine flying lemur
- Black-rumped agouti
- Pampas deer
- Blue duiker
- Short-eared possum
- Herbert River ringtail possum
- Collared titi
- Bighorn sheep
- Pale spear-nosed bat
- Gray whale
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Chamois
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Chamois:
- Brown-mantled tamarin with an average maximal age of 24.5 years
- Egyptian fruit bat with an average maximal age of 22.83 years
- Allen’s swamp monkey with an average maximal age of 23 years
- Common vampire bat with an average maximal age of 19.5 years
- South American fur seal with an average maximal age of 21 years
- South American sea lion with an average maximal age of 24.75 years
- Jaguar with an average maximal age of 23 years
- Tiger with an average maximal age of 26.25 years
- Nilgai with an average maximal age of 21.67 years
- Wild boar with an average maximal age of 21 years