It is hard to guess what a Ogilby’s duiker weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Ogilby’s duiker (Cephalophus ogilbyi) on average weights 18.29 kg (40.33 lbs).
The Ogilby’s duiker is from the family Bovidae (genus: Cephalophus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 100 cm (3′ 4″). Usually, Ogilby’s duikers 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.
Ogilby’s duiker (Cephalophus ogilbyi) is a small antelope found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, southeastern Nigeria, Bioko Island and possibly Gabon. No subspecies are recognized.The two former subspecies, the white-legged duiker Cephalophus crusalbum and the Brooke’s duiker Cephalophus brookei, are considered as distinct species since 2011.Ogilby’s duikers weigh up to 20 kg (44 lb) and have a shoulder height of up to 56 cm (22 in). They vary in color from chestnut to mahogany to deep brown, and have massive hindquarters typical of duikers.Ogilby’s duikers live mainly in high-altitude rainforests, where they feed mainly on fallen fruit.The total population is estimated at 12,000 individuals.
Animals of the same family as a Ogilby’s duiker
We found other animals of the Bovidae family:
- Anoa bringing 256 kilos (564.38 lbs) to the scale
- Blue duiker bringing 4.86 kilos (10.71 lbs) to the scale
- Thomson’s gazelle bringing 22.6 kilos (49.82 lbs) to the scale
- Harnessed bushbuck bringing 43.28 kilos (95.42 lbs) to the scale
- Red hartebeest bringing 176.12 kilos (388.28 lbs) to the scale
- European bison bringing 674.44 kilos (1486.88 lbs) to the scale
- Kob bringing 79.77 kilos (175.86 lbs) to the scale
- Red forest duiker bringing 12.36 kilos (27.25 lbs) to the scale
- Water buffalo bringing 924.25 kilos (2037.62 lbs) to the scale
- Peters’s duiker bringing 18.94 kilos (41.76 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Ogilby’s duiker
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Cephalophus ogilbyi:
- Peters’s duiker with a weight of 18.94 kilos (41.76 lbs)
- Hairy-fronted muntjac with a weight of 18.45 kilos (40.68 lbs)
- Guinea baboon with a weight of 18.03 kilos (39.75 lbs)
- Yellow baboon with a weight of 15.82 kilos (34.88 lbs)
- Dwarf brocket with a weight of 16.04 kilos (35.36 lbs)
- Mountain gazelle with a weight of 21.25 kilos (46.85 lbs)
- Four-horned antelope with a weight of 19.19 kilos (42.31 lbs)
- Dhole with a weight of 15.85 kilos (34.94 lbs)
- Saudi gazelle with a weight of 16 kilos (35.27 lbs)
- Red brocket with a weight of 20.42 kilos (45.02 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Ogilby’s duiker
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Ogilby’s duiker:
- Steenbok with a size of 82.4 cm (2′ 9″)
- Brown hyena with a size of 1.2 meter (4′ 0″)
- Arabian tahr with a size of 1.08 meter (3′ 7″)
- Siamang with a size of 82.4 cm (2′ 9″)
- Wolf with a size of 1.06 meter (3′ 6″)
- African clawless otter with a size of 80.9 cm (2′ 8″)
- Zebra duiker with a size of 87.5 cm (2′ 11″)
- Ethiopian wolf with a size of 94.1 cm (3′ 2″)
- Bay duiker with a size of 84.9 cm (2′ 10″)
- Bohor reedbuck with a size of 1.15 meter (3′ 10″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Ogilby’s duiker
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Ogilby’s duiker: