What is the maximal age a Topi reaches?
An adult Topi (Damaliscus korrigum) usually gets as old as 12.5 years.
When born, they weight 674 grams (1.49 lbs) and measure 3.6 cm (0′ 2″). They are a member of the Bovidae family (genus: Damaliscus). Fully grown, they reach a bodylength of 64.7 cm (2′ 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.
The topi (Damaliscus lunatus jimela) is a subspecies of the common tsessebe. It is a highly social and fast type of antelope found in the savannas, semi-deserts, and floodplains of sub-Saharan Africa.
Animals of the same family as a Topi
Not really brothers and sisters, but from the same biological family (Bovidae):
- Kouprey growing to a mass of 788.66 kgs (1738.7 lbs)
- Anoa becoming 22.5 years old
- Saola growing to a mass of 97.84 kgs (215.7 lbs)
- Waterbuck becoming 19.92 years old
- European bison becoming 27 years old
- Dama gazelle becoming 17.25 years old
- Kirk’s dik-dik becoming 16.5 years old
- Arabian gazelle becoming 11.25 years old
- Lechwe becoming 18.5 years old
- Abbott’s duiker becoming 5.42 years old
Animals that reach the same age as Topi
With an average age of 12.5 years, Topi are in good companionship of the following animals:
- Philippine tarsier usually reaching 15 years
- Indian pangolin usually reaching 13.5 years
- Thylacine usually reaching 13 years
- Whiptail wallaby usually reaching 14 years
- Santarem marmoset usually reaching 15 years
- Waterhouse’s leaf-nosed bat usually reaching 10.42 years
- Bush dog usually reaching 10.33 years
- Brush-tailed rock-wallaby usually reaching 14.33 years
- Grey rhebok usually reaching 12.25 years
- Malagasy civet usually reaching 11 years
Weighting as much as Topi
A fully grown Topi reaches around 127.19 kg (280.41 lbs). So do these animals:
- American black bear weighting 110.75 kilos (244.16 lbs) on average
- Schomburgk’s deer weighting 107.63 kilos (237.28 lbs) on average
- Harp seal weighting 132 kilos (291.01 lbs) on average
- Siberian ibex weighting 130 kilos (286.6 lbs) on average
- Llama weighting 107.66 kilos (237.35 lbs) on average
- Spectacled bear weighting 123.09 kilos (271.37 lbs) on average
- Western gorilla weighting 113.29 kilos (249.76 lbs) on average
- Northern right whale dolphin weighting 113 kilos (249.12 lbs) on average
- Baiji weighting 112.07 kilos (247.07 lbs) on average
- Common tsessebe weighting 133.5 kilos (294.32 lbs) on average