What is the maximal age a Addax reaches?
An adult Addax (Addax nasomaculatus) usually gets as old as 25.67 years.
Addaxs are around 262 days in the womb of their mother. When born, they weight 5.64 kg (12.44 lbs) and measure 4.3 cm (0′ 2″). As a member of the Bovidae family (genus: Addax), their offspring is 1 babies per pregnancy. Fully grown, they reach a bodylength of 1.48 meter (4′ 11″).
As a reference: Usually, humans get as old as 100 years, with the average being around 75 years. After being carried in the belly of their mother for 280 days (40 weeks), they grow to an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) and weight in at 62 kg (137 lbs), which is obviously highly individual.
For the GP2 Series racing team, see Addax Team.The addax (Addax nasomaculatus), also known as the white antelope and the screwhorn antelope, is an antelope of the genus Addax, that lives in the Sahara desert. It was first described scientifically by Henri de Blainville in 1816. As suggested by its alternative name, this pale antelope has long, twisted horns – typically 55 to 80 cm (22 to 31 in) in females and 70 to 85 cm (28 to 33 in) in males. Males stand from 105 to 115 cm (41 to 45 in) at the shoulder, with females at 95 to 110 cm (37 to 43 in). They are sexually dimorphic, as the females are smaller than males. The colour of the coat depends on the season – in the winter, it is greyish-brown with white hindquarters and legs, and long, brown hair on the head, neck, and shoulders; in the summer, the coat turns almost completely white or sandy blonde.The addax mainly eats grasses and leaves of any available shrubs, leguminous herbs and bushes. These animals are well-adapted to exist in their desert habitat, as they can live without water for long periods of time. Addax form herds of five to 20 members, consisting of both males and females. They are led by the oldest female. Due to its slow movements, the antelope is an easy target for its predators: lions, humans, African wild dogs, cheetahs, and leopards. Breeding season is at its peak during winter and early spring. The natural habitat of the addax are arid regions, semideserts and sandy and stony deserts.The addax is a critically endangered species of antelope, as classified by the IUCN. Although extremely rare in its native habitat due to unregulated hunting, it is quite common in captivity. The addax was once abundant in North Africa, native to Chad, Mauritania and Niger. It is extinct in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Sudan and Western Sahara. It has been reintroduced in Morocco and Tunisia.
Animals of the same family as a Addax
Not really brothers and sisters, but from the same biological family (Bovidae):
- Banteng becoming 26.5 years old
- Peters’s duiker growing to a mass of 18.94 kgs (41.76 lbs)
- Silver dik-dik becoming 14 years old
- Mountain gazelle becoming 18.25 years old
- Bighorn sheep becoming 24 years old
- Springbok becoming 20 years old
- Greater kudu becoming 23 years old
- Hirola becoming 15.17 years old
- Dama gazelle becoming 17.25 years old
- Japanese serow becoming 18.5 years old
Animals that reach the same age as Addax
With an average age of 25.67 years, Addax are in good companionship of the following animals:
- Bechstein’s bat usually reaching 21 years
- Eurasian otter usually reaching 22 years
- Nilgai usually reaching 21.67 years
- Northern hairy-nosed wombat usually reaching 30 years
- Sooty mangabey usually reaching 26.75 years
- Tiger usually reaching 26.25 years
- Wolf usually reaching 29.5 years
- Striped hyena usually reaching 24 years
- Moustached guenon usually reaching 23 years
- Sunda slow loris usually reaching 26.5 years
Animals with the same number of babies Addax
The same number of babies at once (1) are born by:
- Rock cavy
- Pygmy killer whale
- Colombian white-faced capuchin
- Southwestern myotis
- Giant armadillo
- De Brazza’s monkey
- Tana River red colobus
- Northern greater galago
- Checkered elephant shrew
- Fox’s shrew
Weighting as much as Addax
A fully grown Addax reaches around 95.39 kg (210.3 lbs). So do these animals:
- Hirola weighting 78.6 kilos (173.28 lbs) on average
- Arctocephalus forsteri weighting 101.13 kilos (222.95 lbs) on average
- Guanaco weighting 95.5 kilos (210.54 lbs) on average
- Common warthog weighting 82.5 kilos (181.88 lbs) on average
- Javan warty pig weighting 89.2 kilos (196.65 lbs) on average
- Wild boar weighting 84.49 kilos (186.27 lbs) on average
- Western gorilla weighting 113.29 kilos (249.76 lbs) on average
- Subantarctic fur seal weighting 92.21 kilos (203.29 lbs) on average
- Dall’s porpoise weighting 106.03 kilos (233.76 lbs) on average
- Antarctic fur seal weighting 96.6 kilos (212.97 lbs) on average