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How old does a East Caucasian tur get? (age expectancy)

What is the maximal age a East Caucasian tur reaches?

An adult East Caucasian tur (Capra cylindricornis) usually gets as old as 22 years.

East Caucasian turs are around 154 days in the womb of their mother. When born, they weight 1.93 kg (4.24 lbs) and measure 1 cm (0′ 1″). As a member of the Bovidae family (genus: Capra), their offspring is 1 babies per pregnancy. Fully grown, they reach a bodylength of 1.08 meter (3′ 7″).

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 East Caucasian tur gets as old as 22 years

The East Caucasian tur or Daghestan tur (Capra cylindricornis) is a mountain-dwelling caprine found only in the eastern half of the Greater Caucasus Mountains. The East Caucasian tur lives in rough mountainous terrain, where it eats mainly grasses and leaves and is preyed upon by wolves and lynxes. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the West Caucasian tur, and sometimes as a full species in its own right. The species is listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN.

Animals of the same family as a East Caucasian tur

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

Animals that reach the same age as East Caucasian tur

With an average age of 22 years, East Caucasian tur are in good companionship of the following animals:

Animals with the same number of babies East Caucasian tur

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

Weighting as much as East Caucasian tur

A fully grown East Caucasian tur reaches around 57.5 kg (126.77 lbs). So do these animals: