It is hard to guess what a Greater kudu weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) on average weights 205.53 kg (453.11 lbs).
The Greater kudu is from the family Bovidae (genus: Tragelaphus). It is usually born with about 15.38 kg (33.91 lbs). They can live for up to 23 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 2.2 meter (7′ 3″). Usually, Greater kudus 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 greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) is a woodland antelope found throughout eastern and southern Africa. Despite occupying such widespread territory, they are sparsely populated in most areas due to declining habitat, deforestation, and poaching. The greater kudu is one of two species commonly known as kudu, the other being the lesser kudu, T. imberbis.
Animals of the same family as a Greater kudu
We found other animals of the Bovidae family:
- Bay duiker bringing 20 kilos (44.09 lbs) to the scale
- Lichtenstein’s hartebeest bringing 168.7 kilos (371.92 lbs) to the scale
- Weyns’s duiker with an average maximal age of 15.25 years
- Nilgiri tahr bringing 73.94 kilos (163.01 lbs) to the scale
- West Caucasian tur bringing 60.73 kilos (133.89 lbs) to the scale
- Salt’s dik-dik bringing 3.4 kilos (7.5 lbs) to the scale
- Long-tailed goral bringing 27 kilos (59.52 lbs) to the scale
- Ogilby’s duiker bringing 18.29 kilos (40.32 lbs) to the scale
- Mountain reedbuck bringing 29.2 kilos (64.37 lbs) to the scale
- Blackbuck bringing 36.1 kilos (79.59 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Greater kudu
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Tragelaphus strepsiceros:
- Caribbean monk seal with a weight of 198.38 kilos (437.35 lbs)
- East African oryx with a weight of 200.58 kilos (442.2 lbs)
- Père David’s deer with a weight of 165.5 kilos (364.86 lbs)
- Ross seal with a weight of 208.63 kilos (459.95 lbs)
- Crabeater seal with a weight of 225 kilos (496.04 lbs)
- Irrawaddy dolphin with a weight of 190 kilos (418.88 lbs)
- Onager with a weight of 235.62 kilos (519.45 lbs)
- Sambar deer with a weight of 176 kilos (388.01 lbs)
- Philippine warty pig with a weight of 189.4 kilos (417.56 lbs)
- Barasingha with a weight of 171.22 kilos (377.48 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Greater kudu
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Greater kudu:
- Short-beaked common dolphin with a size of 2.44 meter (8′ 1″)
- South American tapir with a size of 2.01 meter (6′ 7″)
- Black wildebeest with a size of 1.82 meter (6′ 0″)
- Nyala with a size of 1.94 meter (6′ 5″)
- South American sea lion with a size of 2.12 meter (7′ 0″)
- Tamaraw with a size of 2.2 meter (7′ 3″)
- Giant eland with a size of 2.52 meter (8′ 4″)
- White rhinoceros with a size of 2.59 meter (8′ 6″)
- African buffalo with a size of 2.53 meter (8′ 4″)
- Lion with a size of 1.84 meter (6′ 1″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Greater kudu
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Greater kudu:
- Underwood’s bonneted bat
- Van Gelder’s bat
- Blue duiker
- Japanese serow
- South American tapir
- Serotine bat
- Tailed tailless bat
- Brazilian brown bat
- Birdlike noctule
- Taphozous philippinensis
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Greater kudu
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Greater kudu:
- Antarctic fur seal with an average maximal age of 23 years
- Monk saki with an average maximal age of 24.58 years
- Cattle with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Tana River mangabey with an average maximal age of 21 years
- Venezuelan red howler with an average maximal age of 25 years
- Sitatunga with an average maximal age of 21.5 years
- Raccoon with an average maximal age of 20.83 years
- Bennett’s tree-kangaroo with an average maximal age of 20 years
- African palm civet with an average maximal age of 18.5 years
- Malayan porcupine with an average maximal age of 27.25 years