WWW.AFRICANBOWHUNTER.COM Don Castrup Worldwide Safaris 6499 Outer Lincoln Ave. Newburgh, IN 47630 Ph. 812.853.5759 Fax. 812.858.9168 Castrup@aol.com Elephant Loxodonta Africana Up to 11 feet 7,000-13,200 pounds 60-70 years 22 months 288 Cape Buffalo Syncerus Caffer 65 inches at shoulder 1500 pounds 11-12 months 137 1/8 White Rhino Ceratotherium Simum 60 inches at shoulder Over 2 tons 35-40 years Grasslands to open savannas 16 months S.C.I. Record: 100 4/8 Lion Panthera Leo 48 inches at shoulder 330-500 pounds 13 years in captivity Grassy plains to woodlands 105 days S.C.I. Record: 27 6/16 Leopard Panthera Pardus 28 inches at shoulder Up to 140 pounds 21 years in captivity Bush and rivervine forest 2 ½ months S.C.I. Record: 19 2/16
Hippopotamus Hippopotamus Amphibius 13 feet long, 5 feet tall Up to 3 ½ tons 50 years Rivers, swamps 240 days 88 3/16 Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus 8-18 feet long 2200 + pounds 45 years Rivers, swamps 3 months (eggs) Cape Eland Taurotragus Oryx 70 inches at shoulder 1300-1500 pounds 15-20 years Plains 280 days 113 1/8 Gemsbok Oryxgazella 47 inches at shoulder 250-390 pounds Dry Plains 8 ½ months 111 5/8 Black Wildebeest Connochaetes Gnou 40-47 inches at shoulder 330-397 pounds Open grasslands 8-8 ½ months 95 2/8 Blue Wildebeest Connochaetus Taurinus 50-58 inches at shoulder 265-600 Open woodlands & plains 8-8 ½ months 94 3/8
Sable Hippotragus Niger 43 to 54 inches at shoulder 400-500 pounds Light woodland 260-280 days 121 3/8 Blesbuck Damaliscus Dorcus Phillipsi 37 inches at shoulder 150 pounds 12 years Grasslands 8 months 54 Burchell s Zebra Equus Burchellii 45 to 55 inches at shoulder 485 to 550 pounds 40 years in captivity Woodlands to open plains 12 months Bushbuck Tragelaphus Scriptus 25 to 35 inches at shoulder 90-180 pounds 12 years Deep forest 6 months 52 1/8 Caracal Felis Caracal 16-20 inches at shoulder 40-45 pounds 20 years Woodlands to open plains 240 days Cheetah Acinonyx Jubatus 30 inches at shoulder 110-140 pounds 10-20 years Open plains 90-95 days
Dik-Dik Madoqua Kirkii 14-16 inches at shoulder 10-12 pounds 3-4 years Dense forest to open plains 6 months Grey Duiker Sylvicapragr 24 inches at shoulder 40-45 pounds 12 years Bush and forest 5-7 months 18 10/16 Impala Aepyceros Melampus 28-36 inches at shoulder 100-135 pounds 12 years Savanna & light woodlands 6 to 7 months 69 6/8 Waterbuck Kobus Ellipsipry Mnus 50 inches at shoulder 330-500 pounds 18 years in captivity Savanah, grasslands, forest 280 days 90 3/8 Warthog Phacochoerus Aethiopicus 30 inches at shoulder 120-250 pounds 15 years Savannah 175 days 49 10/16 Steenbok Raphicerus Campestris 20 inches at shoulder 24 pounds 10 years Grasslands 7 months 16 12/16
Kudu Tragelaphus Strepsiceros 55 inches at shoulder 565 pounds 7-8 years, 23 in captivity Dense bush or forest Up to 7 months 155 3/8 Giraffe Giraffa Camelopardalis 18 feet Up to 3000 pounds 25 years 14-16 months Red Hartebeest Alcelaphus Buselaphus 48 inches at shoulder 165-350 pounds 12-15 years Open Plains 8 months 79 Black Backed Jackal Canis Mesomelas 15-20 inches at shoulder 15-35 pounds 10-12 years Open & wooded savannahs 2 months Baboon Papiocynocephalus Anubis 14 to 30 inches at shoulder 50-100 pounds 20-30 years Savannahs and woodlands 6 months Springbuck Antidorcus Marsupialis 28-32 inches at shoulder 66-110 pounds 10 years Open plains 9 months 44 7/8