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Kouprey size: How big do they get?

How big does a Kouprey get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Kouprey (Bos sauveli) reaches an average size of 2.18 meter (7′ 2″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 788.66 kg (1738.7 lbs). The Kouprey (genus: Bos) is a member of the family Bovidae.

As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.

The average adult size of a Kouprey is (7' 2

The kouprey (Bos sauveli, from Khmer: គោព្រៃ, Khmer pronunciation: [koː prɨj], “forest ox”; also known as kouproh, “grey ox”) is a little-known, forest-dwelling, wild bovine species native to Southeast Asia. A young male was sent to the Vincennes Zoo in 1937 where it was described by the French zoologist Achille Urbain and was declared the holotype. The kouprey has a tall, narrow body, long legs, a humped back and long horns.The kouprey has not been sighted since 1969-1970. A camera trapping survey in the region of these sightings failed to document it in 2011. It has been listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 1996.

Animals of the same family as a Kouprey

We found other animals of the Bovidae family:

Animals with the same size as a Kouprey

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Kouprey:

Animals with the same weight as a Kouprey

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Bos sauveli: