How big does a Sumatran serow get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Sumatran serow (Capricornis sumatraensis) reaches an average size of 1.45 meter (4′ 10″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 21 years, they grow from 4.1 kg (9.04 lbs) to 110.94 kg (244.58 lbs). A Sumatran serow has 1 babies at once. The Sumatran serow (genus: Capricornis) 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 Sumatran serow (Capricornis sumatraensis), also known as the southern serow, is a species of goat-antelope native to mountain forests in the Thai-Malay Peninsula and on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The former name of this species is “mainland serow”, as all the mainland species of serow (Chinese, red and Himalayan) were previously considered subspecies of this species. The Sumatran serow is threatened due to habitat loss and hunting, leading to it being evaluated as vulnerable by the IUCN.
Animals of the same family as a Sumatran serow
We found other animals of the Bovidae family:
- Red-flanked duiker with a size of 65 cm (2′ 2″)
- Puku with a size of 1.34 meter (4′ 5″)
- Japanese serow with 1 babies per litter
- Nyala with a size of 1.94 meter (6′ 5″)
- Red goral with a size of 1.04 meter (3′ 5″)
- Lichtenstein’s hartebeest bringing 168.7 kilos (371.92 lbs) to the scale
- Thomson’s gazelle with a size of 88.5 cm (2′ 11″)
- Nilgai with a size of 2 meter (6′ 7″)
- Salt’s dik-dik with a size of 59.5 cm (2′ 0″)
- Harvey’s duiker bringing 14.5 kilos (31.97 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Sumatran serow
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Sumatran serow:
- Soemmerring’s gazelle with a size of 1.36 meter (4′ 6″)
- Siberian roe deer with a size of 1.32 meter (4′ 4″)
- Ribbon seal with a size of 1.53 meter (5′ 1″)
- Cheetah with a size of 1.48 meter (4′ 11″)
- Bharal with a size of 1.3 meter (4′ 4″)
- Blackbuck with a size of 1.25 meter (4′ 2″)
- Takin with a size of 1.74 meter (5′ 9″)
- Sun bear with a size of 1.22 meter (4′ 1″)
- Nilgiri tahr with a size of 1.39 meter (4′ 7″)
- Soemmerring’s gazelle with a size of 1.36 meter (4′ 6″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Sumatran serow
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Sumatran serow:
- Yellow-winged bat
- Southern muriqui
- Admiralty Island cuscus
- Caspian seal
- Rufous rat-kangaroo
- Diadem leaf-nosed bat
- Northern bettong
- Grévy’s zebra
- Banana pipistrelle
- Giant roundleaf bat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Sumatran serow
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Sumatran serow:
- Sable antelope with an average maximal age of 22.25 years
- Lechwe with an average maximal age of 18.5 years
- Red river hog with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Senegal bushbaby with an average maximal age of 17 years
- Fossa (animal) with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Matschie’s tree-kangaroo with an average maximal age of 23.83 years
- European rabbit with an average maximal age of 18 years
- Chamois with an average maximal age of 22 years
- Giant forest hog with an average maximal age of 18 years
- Dall’s porpoise with an average maximal age of 22 years
Animals with the same weight as a Sumatran serow
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Capricornis sumatraensis:
- Barbary sheep with a weight of 93.7 kilos (206.57 lbs)
- Baiji with a weight of 112.07 kilos (247.07 lbs)
- Baikal seal with a weight of 89.5 kilos (197.31 lbs)
- Juan Fernández fur seal with a weight of 95 kilos (209.44 lbs)
- Guanaco with a weight of 95.5 kilos (210.54 lbs)
- Spotted seal with a weight of 99.02 kilos (218.3 lbs)
- Sloth bear with a weight of 99.45 kilos (219.25 lbs)
- Dall’s porpoise with a weight of 106.03 kilos (233.76 lbs)
- Topi with a weight of 127.19 kilos (280.41 lbs)
- Reindeer with a weight of 108.73 kilos (239.71 lbs)