It is hard to guess what a Harvey’s duiker weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Harvey’s duiker (Cephalophus harveyi) on average weights 14.5 kg (31.97 lbs).
The Harvey’s duiker is from the family Bovidae (genus: Cephalophus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 84.9 cm (2′ 10″).
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 Harvey’s red duiker (Cephalophus harveyi) is one of 19 species of duiker found in Tanzania and scattered through Kenya, southern Somalia and possibly central Ethiopia.Harvey’s duikers are roughly 40 cm (15 in) tall at the shoulder and weigh around 15 kg (33 lb), on average. They have mostly chestnut coats, but their legs and faces are black.Harvey’s duikers live in mountain and lowland forest, where they eat leaves, twigs, fruit, insects, birds eggs, and carrion. Although this duiker is not endangered, it is dependent on protected forestland. As of 2008, this species is of least concern.
Animals of the same family as a Harvey’s duiker
We found other animals of the Bovidae family:
- Salt’s dik-dik bringing 3.4 kilos (7.5 lbs) to the scale
- Iberian ibex bringing 60.55 kilos (133.49 lbs) to the scale
- Red gazelle bringing 40 kilos (88.18 lbs) to the scale
- Puku bringing 71.23 kilos (157.04 lbs) to the scale
- Goat bringing 47.14 kilos (103.93 lbs) to the scale
- Snow sheep bringing 90 kilos (198.42 lbs) to the scale
- Mountain nyala bringing 215 kilos (473.99 lbs) to the scale
- Dama gazelle bringing 70.4 kilos (155.21 lbs) to the scale
- Sable antelope bringing 235.2 kilos (518.53 lbs) to the scale
- Thomson’s gazelle bringing 22.91 kilos (50.51 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Harvey’s duiker
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Cephalophus harveyi:
- Gelada with a weight of 15.98 kilos (35.23 lbs)
- Gray snub-nosed monkey with a weight of 12.27 kilos (27.05 lbs)
- Mandrill with a weight of 16.74 kilos (36.91 lbs)
- European badger with a weight of 11.89 kilos (26.21 lbs)
- Ocelot with a weight of 11.89 kilos (26.21 lbs)
- Northern plains gray langur with a weight of 12.64 kilos (27.87 lbs)
- Serval with a weight of 11.9 kilos (26.23 lbs)
- Clouded leopard with a weight of 15.02 kilos (33.11 lbs)
- Proboscis monkey with a weight of 12.28 kilos (27.07 lbs)
- Red-flanked duiker with a weight of 12.06 kilos (26.59 lbs)