How big does a Tamaraw get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Tamaraw (Bubalus mindorensis) reaches an average size of 2.2 meter (7′ 3″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 28 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 252.7 kg (557.1 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Tamaraws have 1 babies about 1 times per year. The Tamaraw (genus: Bubalus) 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 tamaraw or Mindoro dwarf buffalo (Bubalus mindorensis) is a small hoofed mammal belonging to the family Bovidae. It is endemic to the island of Mindoro in the Philippines, and is the only endemic Philippine bovine. It is believed, however, to have once also thrived on the larger island of Luzon. The tamaraw was originally found all over Mindoro, from sea level up to the mountains (2000 meters above sea level), but because of human habitation, hunting, and logging, it is now restricted to only a few remote grassy plains and is now a critically endangered species.Contrary to common belief and past classification, the tamaraw is not a subspecies of the local carabao, which is only slightly larger, or the common water buffalo. In contrast to the carabao, it has a number of distinguishing characteristics: it is slightly hairier, has light markings on its face, is not gregarious, and has shorter horns that are somewhat V-shaped. It is the second largest native terrestrial mammal in the country next only to the carabao.
Animals of the same family as a Tamaraw
We found other animals of the Bovidae family:
- Blackbuck with a size of 1.25 meter (4′ 2″)
- Anoa with a size of 1.73 meter (5′ 9″)
- Nilgiri tahr with a size of 1.39 meter (4′ 7″)
- Alpine ibex with 1 babies per litter
- Blue duiker with a size of 69.3 cm (2′ 4″)
- Suni with a size of 59.9 cm (2′ 0″)
- Nubian ibex with 1 babies per litter
- Blue wildebeest with a size of 2.01 meter (6′ 8″)
- Chamois with 1 babies per litter
- Thomson’s gazelle with a size of 88.5 cm (2′ 11″)
Animals with the same size as a Tamaraw
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Tamaraw:
- Sambar deer with a size of 2.04 meter (6′ 9″)
- Ross seal with a size of 2.07 meter (6′ 10″)
- Malayan tapir with a size of 2.22 meter (7′ 4″)
- Bearded seal with a size of 2.3 meter (7′ 7″)
- Spinner dolphin with a size of 2.13 meter (7′ 0″)
- Caribbean monk seal with a size of 2.29 meter (7′ 7″)
- Dugong with a size of 2.55 meter (8′ 5″)
- South American tapir with a size of 2.01 meter (6′ 7″)
- Pacific white-sided dolphin with a size of 2.21 meter (7′ 3″)
- Black wildebeest with a size of 1.82 meter (6′ 0″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Tamaraw
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Tamaraw:
- Monk saki
- Lesser long-fingered bat
- Southern forest bat
- Tonkin snub-nosed monkey
- Red acouchi
- Brown long-eared bat
- Brown titi
- Felou gundi
- Bennett’s tree-kangaroo
- Gemsbok
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Tamaraw
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Tamaraw:
- Cacomistle with an average maximal age of 23 years
- Black-and-white ruffed lemur with an average maximal age of 32 years
- Sunda slow loris with an average maximal age of 26.5 years
- Bald uakari with an average maximal age of 27 years
- Grivet with an average maximal age of 31.58 years
- Aardwolf with an average maximal age of 25 years
- Black crested mangabey with an average maximal age of 26.75 years
- Black lemur with an average maximal age of 30 years
- Gayal with an average maximal age of 26.17 years
- Honey badger with an average maximal age of 26.5 years
Animals with the same weight as a Tamaraw
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Bubalus mindorensis:
- Dugong with a weight of 295 kilos (650.36 lbs)
- Pygmy hippopotamus with a weight of 231 kilos (509.27 lbs)
- Sable antelope with a weight of 235.2 kilos (518.53 lbs)
- Bearded seal with a weight of 280 kilos (617.29 lbs)
- Common bottlenose dolphin with a weight of 281.02 kilos (619.54 lbs)
- Hooded seal with a weight of 278.95 kilos (614.98 lbs)
- Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin with a weight of 280 kilos (617.29 lbs)
- Waterbuck with a weight of 203.2 kilos (447.98 lbs)
- Roan antelope with a weight of 262.09 kilos (577.81 lbs)
- Bongo (antelope) with a weight of 269.5 kilos (594.15 lbs)