It is hard to guess what a Ruwenzori duiker weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Ruwenzori duiker (Cephalophus rubidus) on average weights 15 kg (33.07 lbs).
The Ruwenzori duiker is from the family Bovidae (genus: Cephalophus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 100 cm (3′ 4″).
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 Ruwenzori duiker or Ruwenzori red duiker (Cephalophus rubidus) is a stocky but small antelope found only in the Ruwenzori Mountains between Uganda and, probably, the Democratic Republic of Congo. They may be a subspecies of the black-fronted duiker or the red-flanked duiker.The Ruwenzori duiker weighs about 15 kg (33 lb) and has a shoulder height of about 45 cm (18 in). They have rufous coats, lighter on their underbellies and darker on their backs. Their short, prong-like horns are about 8 cm long.They are found in subalpine zones above 3,000 meters, where they eat herbs. They are diurnal.
Animals of the same family as a Ruwenzori duiker
We found other animals of the Bovidae family:
- Soemmerring’s gazelle bringing 41 kilos (90.39 lbs) to the scale
- Blue duiker bringing 4.9 kilos (10.8 lbs) to the scale
- Argali bringing 113.67 kilos (250.6 lbs) to the scale
- Puku bringing 71.23 kilos (157.04 lbs) to the scale
- Cuvier’s gazelle with 1 babies per litter
- Nyala bringing 87.31 kilos (192.49 lbs) to the scale
- Saiga antelope bringing 37.57 kilos (82.83 lbs) to the scale
- Silver dik-dik bringing 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs) to the scale
- Japanese serow bringing 43.03 kilos (94.86 lbs) to the scale
- Water buffalo bringing 924.25 kilos (2037.62 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Ruwenzori duiker
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Cephalophus rubidus:
- Gray brocket with a weight of 16.4 kilos (36.16 lbs)
- Crested porcupine with a weight of 13.4 kilos (29.54 lbs)
- Common duiker with a weight of 15.57 kilos (34.33 lbs)
- Siberian musk deer with a weight of 13.31 kilos (29.34 lbs)
- Ursine tree-kangaroo with a weight of 13.28 kilos (29.28 lbs)
- Black-fronted duiker with a weight of 14.44 kilos (31.83 lbs)
- Yellow baboon with a weight of 15.82 kilos (34.88 lbs)
- Dwarf musk deer with a weight of 12.39 kilos (27.32 lbs)
- Pacarana with a weight of 12.5 kilos (27.56 lbs)
- Black musk deer with a weight of 13.6 kilos (29.98 lbs)