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How old does a Common duiker get? (age expectancy)

What is the maximal age a Common duiker reaches?

An adult Common duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia) usually gets as old as 14.25 years.

Common duikers are around 174 days in the womb of their mother. When born, they weight 1.58 kg (3.49 lbs) and measure 24 cm (0′ 10″). As a member of the Bovidae family (genus: Sylvicapra), a Common duiker caries out around 1 little ones per pregnancy, which happens around 2 times a year. Fully grown, they reach a bodylength of 96.1 cm (3′ 2″).

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.

A Common duiker gets as old as 14.25 years

The common duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia), also known as the grey or bush duiker, is a small antelope found everywhere in Africa south of the Sahara, excluding the Horn of Africa and the rainforests of the central and western parts of the continent. Generally, they are found in habitats with sufficient vegetation cover to allow them to hide—savanna and hilly areas, including the fringes of human settlements.

Animals of the same family as a Common duiker

Not really brothers and sisters, but from the same biological family (Bovidae):

Animals that reach the same age as Common duiker

With an average age of 14.25 years, Common duiker are in good companionship of the following animals:

Animals with the same number of babies Common duiker

The same number of babies at once (1) are born by:

Weighting as much as Common duiker

A fully grown Common duiker reaches around 15.57 kg (34.33 lbs). So do these animals:

Animals as big as a Common duiker

Those animals grow as big as a Common duiker: