It is hard to guess what a Hose’s langur weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Hose’s langur (Presbytis hosei) on average weights 6.29 kg (13.86 lbs).
The Hose’s langur is from the family Cercopithecidae (genus: Presbytis). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 51 cm (1′ 9″).
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
Hose’s langur (Presbytis hosei) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae endemic to the island of Borneo, including Brunei, Kalimantan (Indonesia), and East Malaysia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. It was first identified in Kutai National Park and Sangkulirang Peninsula, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, in 1985.Miller’s langur (P. canicrus) and the Saban grizzled langur (P. sabana) were previously considered subspecies of Hose’s langur. There used to also be two additional forms that were considered separate subspecies, P. h. hosei and P. h. everetti. However, P. h. everetti is no longer considered to be a separate subspecies as the original identification of it as a separate subspecies appears to be the result of comparing a subadult female with an adult male.
Animals of the same family as a Hose’s langur
We found other animals of the Cercopithecidae family:
- Moor macaque bringing 7.29 kilos (16.07 lbs) to the scale
- Collared mangabey bringing 7.29 kilos (16.07 lbs) to the scale
- Patas monkey bringing 7.99 kilos (17.61 lbs) to the scale
- Angolan talapoin bringing 1.25 kilos (2.76 lbs) to the scale
- Western red colobus bringing 8.43 kilos (18.58 lbs) to the scale
- Bonnet macaque bringing 5 kilos (11.02 lbs) to the scale
- Ursine colobus bringing 7.7 kilos (16.98 lbs) to the scale
- Proboscis monkey bringing 12.28 kilos (27.07 lbs) to the scale
- Dryas monkey bringing 2.78 kilos (6.13 lbs) to the scale
- Guinea baboon bringing 18.03 kilos (39.75 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Hose’s langur
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Presbytis hosei:
- Guatemalan black howler with a weight of 7.19 kilos (15.85 lbs)
- Venezuelan red howler with a weight of 6.41 kilos (14.13 lbs)
- Suni with a weight of 5.63 kilos (12.41 lbs)
- Bobcat with a weight of 6.38 kilos (14.07 lbs)
- Malayan civet with a weight of 7.35 kilos (16.2 lbs)
- Black howler with a weight of 5.58 kilos (12.3 lbs)
- Crab-eating raccoon with a weight of 6.94 kilos (15.3 lbs)
- Brush-tailed rock-wallaby with a weight of 6.94 kilos (15.3 lbs)
- Grey-cheeked mangabey with a weight of 7.39 kilos (16.29 lbs)
- South American gray fox with a weight of 6.34 kilos (13.98 lbs)