It is hard to guess what a Common tsessebe weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Common tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus) on average weights 133.5 kg (294.32 lbs).
The Common tsessebe is from the family Bovidae (genus: Damaliscus). It is usually born with about 11 kg (24.25 lbs). They can live for up to 18 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 1.7 meter (5′ 7″). Usually, Common tsessebes 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 common tsessebe or sassaby (Damaliscus lunatus lunatus) is one of five subspecies of African antelope Damaliscus lunatus of the genus Damaliscus and subfamily Alcelaphinae in the family Bovidae. It is most closely related to the topi, korrigum, coastal topi and tiang (all subspecies of Damaliscus lunatus), and the bangweulu tsessebe and bontebok in the same genus. Tsessebe are found primarily in Angola, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Eswatini (Swaziland), and South Africa. Tsessebe are the fastest antelope in Africa and can run at speeds over 90 km/h.
Animals of the same family as a Common tsessebe
We found other animals of the Bovidae family:
- Topi bringing 127.19 kilos (280.41 lbs) to the scale
- Dorcas gazelle bringing 15.57 kilos (34.33 lbs) to the scale
- Mountain gazelle bringing 21.25 kilos (46.85 lbs) to the scale
- Domestic yak bringing 500 kilos (1102.31 lbs) to the scale
- Arabian tahr bringing 22.06 kilos (48.63 lbs) to the scale
- Roan antelope bringing 262.09 kilos (577.81 lbs) to the scale
- East Caucasian tur bringing 57.5 kilos (126.77 lbs) to the scale
- Dall sheep bringing 70 kilos (154.32 lbs) to the scale
- Cattle bringing 615.82 kilos (1357.65 lbs) to the scale
- Beira (antelope) bringing 10.91 kilos (24.05 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Common tsessebe
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Damaliscus lunatus:
- Lion with a weight of 158.75 kilos (349.98 lbs)
- Reindeer with a weight of 108.73 kilos (239.71 lbs)
- Llama with a weight of 107.66 kilos (237.35 lbs)
- Marsh deer with a weight of 111.76 kilos (246.39 lbs)
- Baiji with a weight of 112.07 kilos (247.07 lbs)
- Bluebuck with a weight of 150 kilos (330.69 lbs)
- Harp seal with a weight of 132.25 kilos (291.56 lbs)
- Pacific white-sided dolphin with a weight of 109.85 kilos (242.18 lbs)
- California sea lion with a weight of 137.6 kilos (303.36 lbs)
- Eastern gorilla with a weight of 149.33 kilos (329.22 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Common tsessebe
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Common tsessebe:
- Guanaco with a size of 1.47 meter (4′ 11″)
- Guadalupe fur seal with a size of 1.71 meter (5′ 8″)
- Blue wildebeest with a size of 2.01 meter (6′ 8″)
- Nilgai with a size of 2 meter (6′ 7″)
- Dall sheep with a size of 1.42 meter (4′ 8″)
- Bighorn sheep with a size of 1.57 meter (5′ 2″)
- Western gorilla with a size of 1.6 meter (5′ 3″)
- Barasingha with a size of 1.5 meter (5′ 0″)
- Eld’s deer with a size of 1.65 meter (5′ 5″)
- Red river hog with a size of 1.37 meter (4′ 6″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Common tsessebe
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Common tsessebe:
- Micronomus
- Southern reedbuck
- Angola colobus
- Leschenault’s rousette
- Insular flying fox
- White-bellied duiker
- Mohol bushbaby
- Tana River red colobus
- Lesser kudu
- Rufous soft-furred spiny rat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Common tsessebe
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Common tsessebe:
- Lesser horseshoe bat with an average maximal age of 21 years
- Yellow mongoose with an average maximal age of 15.17 years
- White-faced saki with an average maximal age of 20.67 years
- Grizzled tree-kangaroo with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Lechwe with an average maximal age of 18.5 years
- Short-eared possum with an average maximal age of 17 years
- Chital with an average maximal age of 20.75 years
- Japanese serow with an average maximal age of 18.5 years
- Himalayan goral with an average maximal age of 17.58 years
- Caracal with an average maximal age of 17 years