How big does a Markhor get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Markhor (Capra falconeri) reaches an average size of 1.59 meter (5′ 3″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 14 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 53.95 kg (118.94 lbs). A Markhor has 1 babies at once. The Markhor (genus: Capra) 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 markhor (Capra falconeri), is a large Capra species native to Central Asia, Karakoram and the Himalayas. It is listed on the IUCN Red List as Near Threatened since 2015.The markhor is the national animal of Pakistan, where it is also known as the screw horn or “screw-horned goat”, mārkhor (مارخور) in Pashto and mārkhor (मारख़ोर, مارخور) in Hindustani from Classical Persian.
Animals of the same family as a Markhor
We found other animals of the Bovidae family:
- Nubian ibex with 1 babies per litter
- Harnessed bushbuck with a size of 1.25 meter (4′ 2″)
- Weyns’s duiker with an average maximal age of 15.25 years
- Yellow-backed duiker with a size of 1.32 meter (4′ 5″)
- Puku with a size of 1.34 meter (4′ 5″)
- Lechwe with 1 babies per litter
- Topi with an average maximal age of 12.5 years
- Mountain reedbuck with a size of 1.23 meter (4′ 1″)
- Gayal with a size of 2.7 meter (8′ 11″)
- Himalayan tahr with 1 babies per litter
Animals with the same size as a Markhor
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Markhor:
- Spotted seal with a size of 1.64 meter (5′ 5″)
- Calamian deer with a size of 1.39 meter (4′ 7″)
- Spotted hyena with a size of 1.3 meter (4′ 4″)
- Grant’s gazelle with a size of 1.53 meter (5′ 1″)
- Eld’s deer with a size of 1.65 meter (5′ 5″)
- Asian black bear with a size of 1.51 meter (5′ 0″)
- Sloth bear with a size of 1.6 meter (5′ 3″)
- Common warthog with a size of 1.36 meter (4′ 6″)
- Taruca with a size of 1.55 meter (5′ 2″)
- Sea otter with a size of 1.44 meter (4′ 9″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Markhor
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Markhor:
- Northern naked-tailed armadillo
- Striped dolphin
- Long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat
- Weasel sportive lemur
- Arabian tahr
- Lemur-like ringtail possum
- Montane guinea pig
- Colombian white-faced capuchin
- Koslov’s pika
- Nubian ibex
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Markhor
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Markhor:
- Hamlyn’s monkey with an average maximal age of 13.5 years
- Maxwell’s duiker with an average maximal age of 12.25 years
- Maned sloth with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Southern tree hyrax with an average maximal age of 12.25 years
- Lowland paca with an average maximal age of 16 years
- Black-mantled tamarin with an average maximal age of 15.17 years
- Giant armadillo with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Desmarest’s hutia with an average maximal age of 11.33 years
- Side-striped jackal with an average maximal age of 11.42 years
- Capybara with an average maximal age of 12 years
Animals with the same weight as a Markhor
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Capra falconeri:
- Chilean dolphin with a weight of 45 kilos (99.21 lbs)
- Queen of Sheba’s gazelle with a weight of 48.5 kilos (106.92 lbs)
- Harbour porpoise with a weight of 52.72 kilos (116.23 lbs)
- Leopard with a weight of 52.4 kilos (115.52 lbs)
- East Caucasian tur with a weight of 57.5 kilos (126.77 lbs)
- Pronghorn with a weight of 47.18 kilos (104.01 lbs)
- Iberian ibex with a weight of 60.55 kilos (133.49 lbs)
- Homo sapiens with a weight of 58.62 kilos (129.23 lbs)
- Yellow-backed duiker with a weight of 61.65 kilos (135.91 lbs)
- Visayan spotted deer with a weight of 45.8 kilos (100.97 lbs)