It is hard to guess what a Common duiker weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Common duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia) on average weights 15.57 kg (34.33 lbs).
The Common duiker is from the family Bovidae (genus: Sylvicapra). It is usually born with about 1.58 kg (3.49 lbs). They can live for up to 14.25 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 96.1 cm (3′ 2″). On average, Common duikers can have babies 2 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.
The common duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia), also known as the grey or bush duiker, is a small antelope found everywhere in Africa south of the Sahara, excluding the Horn of Africa and the rainforests of the central and western parts of the continent. Generally, they are found in habitats with sufficient vegetation cover to allow them to hide—savanna and hilly areas, including the fringes of human settlements.
Animals of the same family as a Common duiker
We found other animals of the Bovidae family:
- Dama gazelle bringing 70.4 kilos (155.21 lbs) to the scale
- Suni bringing 5.63 kilos (12.41 lbs) to the scale
- Nubian ibex bringing 47.68 kilos (105.12 lbs) to the scale
- Kouprey bringing 788.66 kilos (1738.7 lbs) to the scale
- Red gazelle bringing 40 kilos (88.18 lbs) to the scale
- Southern reedbuck bringing 57.94 kilos (127.74 lbs) to the scale
- Ogilby’s duiker bringing 18.29 kilos (40.32 lbs) to the scale
- Queen of Sheba’s gazelle bringing 48.5 kilos (106.92 lbs) to the scale
- European bison bringing 674.44 kilos (1486.88 lbs) to the scale
- Pyrenean chamois bringing 30 kilos (66.14 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Common duiker
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sylvicapra grimmia:
- Ogilby’s duiker with a weight of 18.29 kilos (40.32 lbs)
- Dhole with a weight of 15.85 kilos (34.94 lbs)
- Pygmy brocket with a weight of 16.5 kilos (36.38 lbs)
- Wolverine with a weight of 12.8 kilos (28.22 lbs)
- Indian crested porcupine with a weight of 14.3 kilos (31.53 lbs)
- Plate-toothed giant hutia with a weight of 13.7 kilos (30.2 lbs)
- White-bellied duiker with a weight of 13.1 kilos (28.88 lbs)
- Reeves’s muntjac with a weight of 13.5 kilos (29.76 lbs)
- Water deer with a weight of 12.73 kilos (28.06 lbs)
- Arabian gazelle with a weight of 18.06 kilos (39.82 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Common duiker
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Common duiker:
- Japanese macaque with a size of 82.7 cm (2′ 9″)
- Beira (antelope) with a size of 77.9 cm (2′ 7″)
- Maxwell’s duiker with a size of 84.5 cm (2′ 10″)
- Gray brocket with a size of 92.3 cm (3′ 1″)
- Northern hairy-nosed wombat with a size of 1 meter (3′ 4″)
- African golden cat with a size of 79.9 cm (2′ 8″)
- Zebra duiker with a size of 87.5 cm (2′ 11″)
- Striped hyena with a size of 1.11 meter (3′ 8″)
- Giant otter with a size of 1.14 meter (3′ 9″)
- Dhole with a size of 98.8 cm (3′ 3″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Common duiker
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Common duiker:
- Taiwan vole
- African brush-tailed porcupine
- Pacarana
- Northern bat
- Silver fruit-eating bat
- Drill (animal)
- Taphozous philippinensis
- Sunda slow loris
- Common wallaroo
- Gilbert’s potoroo
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Common duiker
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Common duiker:
- Red fox with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Pygmy marmoset with an average maximal age of 15.08 years
- Red-fronted gazelle with an average maximal age of 13.5 years
- Soemmerring’s gazelle with an average maximal age of 15.5 years
- Royal antelope with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Red forest duiker with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Masoala fork-marked lemur with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Microcebus coquereli with an average maximal age of 15.25 years
- Pallas’s squirrel with an average maximal age of 16.08 years
- Long-tailed goral with an average maximal age of 13.17 years