It is hard to guess what a Hartebeest weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus) on average weights 162.47 kg (358.18 lbs).
The Hartebeest is from the family Bovidae (genus: Alcelaphus). It is usually born with about 12.5 kg (27.56 lbs). They can live for up to 20 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 1.98 meter (6′ 6″). Usually, Hartebeests 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 hartebeest (; Alcelaphus buselaphus), also known as kongoni, is an African antelope. Eight subspecies have been described, including two sometimes considered to be independent species. A large antelope, the hartebeest stands just over 1 m (3.3 ft) at the shoulder, and has a typical head-and-body length of 200 to 250 cm (79 to 98 in). The weight ranges from 100 to 200 kg (220 to 440 lb). It has a particularly elongated forehead and oddly shaped horns, short neck, and pointed ears. Its legs, which often have black markings, are unusually long. The coat is generally short and shiny. Coat colour varies by the subspecies, from the sandy brown of the western hartebeest to the chocolate brown of the Swayne’s hartebeest. Both sexes of all subspecies have horns, with those of females being more slender. Horns can reach lengths of 45–70 cm (18–28 in). Apart from its long face, the large chest and the sharply sloping back differentiate the hartebeest from other antelopes.Gregarious animals, hartebeest form herds of 20 to 300 individuals. They are very alert and non-aggressive. They are primarily grazers, with their diets consisting mainly of grasses. Mating in hartebeest takes place throughout the year with one or two peaks, and depends upon the subspecies and local factors. Both males and females reach sexual maturity at one to two years of age. Gestation is eight to nine months long, after which a single calf is born. Births usually peak in the dry season. The lifespan is 12 to 15 years.Inhabiting dry savannas and wooded grasslands, hartebeest often move to more arid places after rainfall. They have been reported from altitudes on Mount Kenya up to 4,000 m (13,000 ft). The hartebeest was formerly widespread in Africa, but populations have undergone drastic decline due to habitat destruction, hunting, human settlement, and competition with livestock for food. Each of the eight subspecies of the hartebeest has a different conservation status. The Bubal hartebeest was declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 1994. While the populations of the red hartebeest are on the rise, those of the Tora hartebeest, already Critically Endangered, are falling. The hartebeest is extinct in Algeria, Egypt, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Somalia, and Tunisia; but has been introduced into Swaziland and Zimbabwe. It is a popular game animal due to its highly regarded meat.
Animals of the same family as a Hartebeest
We found other animals of the Bovidae family:
- Anoa bringing 256 kilos (564.38 lbs) to the scale
- Japanese serow bringing 42.6 kilos (93.92 lbs) to the scale
- Tibetan antelope bringing 32.66 kilos (72 lbs) to the scale
- Common eland bringing 561.8 kilos (1238.56 lbs) to the scale
- Bongo (antelope) bringing 269.5 kilos (594.15 lbs) to the scale
- Nilgai bringing 181.63 kilos (400.43 lbs) to the scale
- Common duiker bringing 15.57 kilos (34.33 lbs) to the scale
- Black-fronted duiker bringing 14.44 kilos (31.83 lbs) to the scale
- Blackbuck bringing 36.1 kilos (79.59 lbs) to the scale
- Blue duiker bringing 4.9 kilos (10.8 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Hartebeest
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Alcelaphus buselaphus:
- Anoa with a weight of 180.86 kilos (398.73 lbs)
- Dwarf sperm whale with a weight of 183.07 kilos (403.6 lbs)
- Eastern gorilla with a weight of 149.33 kilos (329.22 lbs)
- California sea lion with a weight of 137.6 kilos (303.36 lbs)
- Père David’s deer with a weight of 165.5 kilos (364.86 lbs)
- South American sea lion with a weight of 194 kilos (427.7 lbs)
- Irrawaddy dolphin with a weight of 190 kilos (418.88 lbs)
- Brown fur seal with a weight of 178.75 kilos (394.08 lbs)
- Nilgai with a weight of 181.63 kilos (400.43 lbs)
- Lichtenstein’s hartebeest with a weight of 168.7 kilos (371.92 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Hartebeest
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Hartebeest:
- Onager with a size of 2.25 meter (7′ 5″)
- Northern fur seal with a size of 1.74 meter (5′ 9″)
- Hirola with a size of 1.6 meter (5′ 3″)
- Bongo (antelope) with a size of 2.27 meter (7′ 6″)
- Dall’s porpoise with a size of 1.97 meter (6′ 6″)
- Pantropical spotted dolphin with a size of 2.14 meter (7′ 1″)
- Giant forest hog with a size of 2.03 meter (6′ 8″)
- Llama with a size of 1.66 meter (5′ 6″)
- Alpaca with a size of 1.72 meter (5′ 8″)
- Spinner dolphin with a size of 2.13 meter (7′ 0″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Hartebeest
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Hartebeest:
- Bare-eared squirrel monkey
- Sable antelope
- Bearded seal
- Japanese macaque
- Big-eared flying fox
- Mantled howler
- Zempoaltepec deer mouse
- Weasel sportive lemur
- Long-tongued nectar bat
- Lowland mosaic-tailed rat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Hartebeest
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Hartebeest:
- Risso’s dolphin with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Brown hyena with an average maximal age of 17 years
- Senegal bushbaby with an average maximal age of 17 years
- Allen’s swamp monkey with an average maximal age of 23 years
- Northern viscacha with an average maximal age of 19.5 years
- Aardvark with an average maximal age of 24 years
- Western grey kangaroo with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Nyala with an average maximal age of 16 years
- White-faced saki with an average maximal age of 20.67 years
- Cacomistle with an average maximal age of 23 years