It is hard to guess what a Japanese serow weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Japanese serow (Capricornis crispus) on average weights 43.03 kg (94.86 lbs).
The Japanese serow is from the family Bovidae (genus: Capricornis). It is usually born with about 3.5 kg (7.71 lbs). They can live for up to 18.5 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 12.7 cm (0′ 5″). On average, Japanese serows can have babies 1 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 Japanese serow (氈鹿, lit. “coarse pelt deer”): (Capricornis crispus) is a Japanese goat-antelope, an even-toed ungulate mammal. It is found in dense woodland in Japan, primarily in northern and central Honshu. The animal is seen as a national symbol of Japan and is subject to protection in conservation areas.Adult Japanese serow stand about 81 centimetres (32 in) tall and weigh 30–45 kilograms (66–99 lb). They are black to whitish, and colouring lightens in summer. The fur is very bushy, especially the tail. Both sexes have short, backwards-curving horns and are difficult to distinguish by sight. Japanese serow are found in dense mountain forests where they eat leaves, shoots, and acorns. They are diurnal and feed in early mornings and late afternoons. Serows are solitary, or gather in couples or small family groups. The animal marks its territory with sweet-and-sour-smelling preorbital gland secretions, and males and females have separate territories that may overlap.In the mid-20th century the Japanese serow was hunted to near-extinction. In 1955 the Japanese government passed a law designating it a “Special National Monument” to protect it from poachers. Populations have since grown so greatly that the IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals ranks it “least concern”. Complaints from foresters and farmers led in 1979 to the 1955 law’s repeal. Since then the serow has had protected status in 13 designated protected areas over 23 prefectures, and has been subject to culling as a pest outside conservation areas. Conservationists have labelled it a “living national treasure of the forest”. Athletes with superior agility and speed draw comparisons with the serow, and the Yamaha Motor Company has marketed the XT 225 enduro motorcycle as the Yamaha Serow.
Animals of the same family as a Japanese serow
We found other animals of the Bovidae family:
- Bluebuck bringing 150 kilos (330.69 lbs) to the scale
- Queen of Sheba’s gazelle bringing 48.5 kilos (106.92 lbs) to the scale
- Mountain reedbuck bringing 29.2 kilos (64.37 lbs) to the scale
- Ogilby’s duiker bringing 18.29 kilos (40.32 lbs) to the scale
- Weyns’s duiker with an average maximal age of 15.25 years
- Anoa bringing 256 kilos (564.38 lbs) to the scale
- Goat bringing 47.14 kilos (103.93 lbs) to the scale
- Harvey’s duiker bringing 14.5 kilos (31.97 lbs) to the scale
- Günther’s dik-dik bringing 4.61 kilos (10.16 lbs) to the scale
- Addax bringing 95.39 kilos (210.3 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Japanese serow
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Capricornis crispus:
- Bohor reedbuck with a weight of 43.09 kilos (95 lbs)
- Indian hog deer with a weight of 37.27 kilos (82.17 lbs)
- Spinner dolphin with a weight of 50.5 kilos (111.33 lbs)
- Hector’s dolphin with a weight of 50 kilos (110.23 lbs)
- Red gazelle with a weight of 40 kilos (88.18 lbs)
- Nubian ibex with a weight of 47.68 kilos (105.12 lbs)
- Giant muntjac with a weight of 36.69 kilos (80.89 lbs)
- Striped hyena with a weight of 35.09 kilos (77.36 lbs)
- La Plata dolphin with a weight of 40.5 kilos (89.29 lbs)
- Saiga antelope with a weight of 37.57 kilos (82.83 lbs)
Animals with the same litter size as a Japanese serow
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Japanese serow:
- Insular single leaf bat
- Hippopotamus
- Bongo (antelope)
- Parma wallaby
- Indian muntjac
- Black-spotted cuscus
- Grey-headed flying fox
- Small dorcopsis
- Guatemalan deer mouse
- Black bearded saki
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Japanese serow
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Japanese serow:
- Springbok with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Soemmerring’s gazelle with an average maximal age of 15.5 years
- Sable with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Brown fur seal with an average maximal age of 21 years
- Cougar with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Argali with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Southern reedbuck with an average maximal age of 16.75 years
- Swift fox with an average maximal age of 20 years
- North American porcupine with an average maximal age of 18 years
- Grizzled tree-kangaroo with an average maximal age of 20 years