It is hard to guess what a Mountain zebra weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Mountain zebra (Equus zebra) on average weights 279.73 kg (616.7 lbs).
The Mountain zebra is from the family Equidae (genus: Equus). It is usually born with about 29.5 kg (65.03 lbs). They can live for up to 24 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 2.35 meter (7′ 9″). Usually, Mountain zebras 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 mountain zebra (Equus zebra) is a zebra species in the family Equidae.It is native to south-western Angola, Namibia, and South Africa.
Animals of the same family as a Mountain zebra
We found other animals of the Equidae family:
- Burchell’s zebra bringing 278.08 kilos (613.06 lbs) to the scale
- Kiang bringing 280.57 kilos (618.55 lbs) to the scale
- Plains zebra bringing 400 kilos (881.85 lbs) to the scale
- Grévy’s zebra bringing 405.5 kilos (893.97 lbs) to the scale
- Equus onager bringing 205 kilos (451.95 lbs) to the scale
- Onager bringing 235.62 kilos (519.45 lbs) to the scale
- Asinus bringing 172.5 kilos (380.3 lbs) to the scale
- Horse bringing 401.8 kilos (885.82 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Mountain zebra
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Equus zebra:
- Onager with a weight of 235.62 kilos (519.45 lbs)
- Burchell’s zebra with a weight of 278.08 kilos (613.06 lbs)
- Crabeater seal with a weight of 225 kilos (496.04 lbs)
- Bongo (antelope) with a weight of 269.5 kilos (594.15 lbs)
- Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin with a weight of 280 kilos (617.29 lbs)
- Bearded seal with a weight of 280 kilos (617.29 lbs)
- Sable antelope with a weight of 235.2 kilos (518.53 lbs)
- Hooded seal with a weight of 278.95 kilos (614.98 lbs)
- Mediterranean monk seal with a weight of 294.94 kilos (650.23 lbs)
- Baird’s tapir with a weight of 292.39 kilos (644.61 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Mountain zebra
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Mountain zebra:
- Giant forest hog with a size of 2.03 meter (6′ 8″)
- Dwarf sperm whale with a size of 2.16 meter (7′ 2″)
- Polar bear with a size of 2 meter (6′ 7″)
- Steller sea lion with a size of 2.7 meter (8′ 11″)
- South American sea lion with a size of 2.12 meter (7′ 0″)
- Sambar deer with a size of 2.04 meter (6′ 9″)
- Atlantic spotted dolphin with a size of 2.13 meter (7′ 0″)
- Reindeer with a size of 2.23 meter (7′ 4″)
- Grey seal with a size of 2.08 meter (6′ 10″)
- Sumatran rhinoceros with a size of 2.77 meter (9′ 2″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Mountain zebra
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Mountain zebra:
- Spectral tarsier
- Bioko Allen’s bushbaby
- Southern long-nosed bat
- Jameson’s red rock hare
- Lesser false vampire bat
- Grant’s gazelle
- Fischer’s pygmy fruit bat
- Long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat
- Dian’s tarsier
- Variegated butterfly bat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Mountain zebra
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Mountain zebra:
- East Caucasian tur with an average maximal age of 22 years
- Golden lion tamarin with an average maximal age of 24.75 years
- Cattle with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Three-striped night monkey with an average maximal age of 25.25 years
- Roan antelope with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Blue wildebeest with an average maximal age of 21.5 years
- North American river otter with an average maximal age of 25 years
- Guianan squirrel monkey with an average maximal age of 27 years
- Barbary sheep with an average maximal age of 21 years
- Townsend’s big-eared bat with an average maximal age of 21.17 years