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How old does a Grant’s gazelle get? (age expectancy)

What is the maximal age a Grant’s gazelle reaches?

An adult Grant’s gazelle (Gazella granti) usually gets as old as 12.67 years.

Grant’s gazelles are around 191 days in the womb of their mother. When born, they weight 5.22 kg (11.51 lbs) and measure 49.9 cm (1′ 8″). As a member of the Bovidae family (genus: Gazella), their offspring is 1 babies per pregnancy. Fully grown, they reach a bodylength of 1.53 meter (5′ 1″).

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 Grant's gazelle gets as old as 12.67 years

The Grant’s gazelle (Nanger granti, syn. Gazella granti) is a species of gazelle distributed from northern Tanzania to South Sudan and Ethiopia, and from the Kenyan coast to Lake Victoria. Its Swahili name is swala granti. It was named for a 19th-century Scottish explorer, Lt Col Grant.

Animals of the same family as a Grant’s gazelle

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

Animals that reach the same age as Grant’s gazelle

With an average age of 12.67 years, Grant’s gazelle are in good companionship of the following animals:

Animals with the same number of babies Grant’s gazelle

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

Weighting as much as Grant’s gazelle

A fully grown Grant’s gazelle reaches around 55 kg (121.25 lbs). So do these animals:

Animals as big as a Grant’s gazelle

Those animals grow as big as a Grant’s gazelle: