It is hard to guess what a Lechwe weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Lechwe (Kobus leche) on average weights 88.02 kg (194.06 lbs).
The Lechwe is from the family Bovidae (genus: Kobus). It is usually born with about 5.1 kg (11.24 lbs). They can live for up to 18.5 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 1.7 meter (5′ 7″). Usually, Lechwes 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 lechwe (Kobus leche), red lechwe or southern lechwe, is an antelope found in wetlands of south central Africa and was introduced to Australia.
Animals of the same family as a Lechwe
We found other animals of the Bovidae family:
- Yellow-backed duiker bringing 61.65 kilos (135.91 lbs) to the scale
- Grant’s gazelle bringing 55 kilos (121.25 lbs) to the scale
- Himalayan goral bringing 28.75 kilos (63.38 lbs) to the scale
- Barbary sheep bringing 93.7 kilos (206.57 lbs) to the scale
- Beira (antelope) bringing 10.91 kilos (24.05 lbs) to the scale
- Mountain gazelle bringing 21.25 kilos (46.85 lbs) to the scale
- Argali bringing 113.67 kilos (250.6 lbs) to the scale
- Nilgiri tahr bringing 73.94 kilos (163.01 lbs) to the scale
- Black duiker bringing 19 kilos (41.89 lbs) to the scale
- Blue duiker bringing 4.9 kilos (10.8 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Lechwe
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Kobus leche:
- Arabian oryx with a weight of 75.43 kilos (166.29 lbs)
- Bighorn sheep with a weight of 74.63 kilos (164.53 lbs)
- Ribbon seal with a weight of 90 kilos (198.42 lbs)
- South Asian river dolphin with a weight of 93.49 kilos (206.11 lbs)
- Mountain goat with a weight of 71.84 kilos (158.38 lbs)
- Nyala with a weight of 87.31 kilos (192.49 lbs)
- Ribbon seal with a weight of 90 kilos (198.42 lbs)
- Eld’s deer with a weight of 94.7 kilos (208.78 lbs)
- Harbor seal with a weight of 87.31 kilos (192.49 lbs)
- Baikal seal with a weight of 89.5 kilos (197.31 lbs)
Animals with the same litter size as a Lechwe
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Lechwe:
- Bare-backed rousette
- Ringed seal
- Venezuelan red howler
- Kolan vole
- Gray dorcopsis
- Mahogany glider
- Dusky pademelon
- Little free-tailed bat
- Orange leaf-nosed bat
- Nilgiri tahr
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Lechwe
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Lechwe:
- Desert warthog with an average maximal age of 18.75 years
- Fossa (animal) with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Eurasian otter with an average maximal age of 22 years
- Tayra with an average maximal age of 18 years
- Pygmy sperm whale with an average maximal age of 17 years
- Mexican free-tailed bat with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Lesser kudu with an average maximal age of 18.92 years
- Mule deer with an average maximal age of 22 years
- Common pipistrelle with an average maximal age of 16.67 years
- Equatorial saki with an average maximal age of 14.83 years