What is the maximal age a Nile lechwe reaches?
An adult Nile lechwe (Kobus megaceros) usually gets as old as 18.67 years.
When born, they weight 5.1 kg (11.24 lbs) and measure 8.5 cm (0′ 4″). They are a member of the Bovidae family (genus: Kobus). Fully grown, they reach a bodylength of 1.7 meter (5′ 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.
The Nile lechwe or Mrs Gray’s lechwe (Kobus megaceros) is an endangered species of antelope found in swamps and grasslands in South Sudan and Ethiopia.
Animals of the same family as a Nile lechwe
Not really brothers and sisters, but from the same biological family (Bovidae):
- Nilgiri tahr becoming 17.25 years old
- Dwarf blue sheep growing to a mass of 29.27 kgs (64.53 lbs)
- Muskox becoming 24 years old
- Southern reedbuck becoming 16.75 years old
- Harnessed bushbuck becoming 13 years old
- Markhor becoming 14 years old
- Oribi becoming 15.75 years old
- Mountain nyala becoming 11 years old
- Hartebeest becoming 20 years old
- Red gazelle growing to a mass of 40 kgs (88.18 lbs)
Animals that reach the same age as Nile lechwe
With an average age of 18.67 years, Nile lechwe are in good companionship of the following animals:
- Goeldi’s marmoset usually reaching 17.83 years
- Grey long-eared bat usually reaching 15 years
- Red river hog usually reaching 20 years
- Lowland paca usually reaching 16 years
- Klipspringer usually reaching 17.75 years
- European pine marten usually reaching 17 years
- Sheep usually reaching 19.17 years
- Western barbastelle usually reaching 21 years
- Scimitar oryx usually reaching 20.42 years
- Mohol bushbaby usually reaching 16.5 years
Weighting as much as Nile lechwe
A fully grown Nile lechwe reaches around 85.5 kg (188.5 lbs). So do these animals:
- Ringed seal weighting 70.96 kilos (156.44 lbs) on average
- Common warthog weighting 82.5 kilos (181.88 lbs) on average
- Bontebok weighting 77.24 kilos (170.28 lbs) on average
- Harbor seal weighting 87.31 kilos (192.49 lbs) on average
- Guadalupe fur seal weighting 101.03 kilos (222.73 lbs) on average
- Javan warty pig weighting 89.2 kilos (196.65 lbs) on average
- Commerson’s dolphin weighting 72.4 kilos (159.61 lbs) on average
- Hirola weighting 78.6 kilos (173.28 lbs) on average
- Subantarctic fur seal weighting 92.21 kilos (203.29 lbs) on average
- Nyala weighting 87.31 kilos (192.49 lbs) on average