It is hard to guess what a Red-shanked douc weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Red-shanked douc (Pygathrix nemaeus) on average weights 9.48 kg (20.9 lbs).
The Red-shanked douc is from the family Cercopithecidae (genus: Pygathrix). It is usually born with about 192 grams (0.42 lbs). They can live for up to 25 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 61.7 cm (2′ 1″). Usually, Red-shanked doucs have 1 babies per litter.
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.
The red-shanked douc (Pygathrix nemaeus) is a species of Old World monkey, among the most colourful of all primates. It is an arboreal and diurnal monkey that eats and sleeps in the trees of the forest.
Animals of the same family as a Red-shanked douc
We found other animals of the Cercopithecidae family:
- Dryas monkey bringing 2.78 kilos (6.13 lbs) to the scale
- De Brazza’s monkey bringing 5.32 kilos (11.73 lbs) to the scale
- Nilgiri langur bringing 10.6 kilos (23.37 lbs) to the scale
- Northern plains gray langur bringing 12.64 kilos (27.87 lbs) to the scale
- Tonkin snub-nosed monkey bringing 9.12 kilos (20.11 lbs) to the scale
- Celebes crested macaque bringing 7.37 kilos (16.25 lbs) to the scale
- Guinea baboon bringing 18.03 kilos (39.75 lbs) to the scale
- Olive colobus bringing 3.98 kilos (8.77 lbs) to the scale
- White-throated guenon bringing 3.44 kilos (7.58 lbs) to the scale
- Diana monkey bringing 4.36 kilos (9.61 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Red-shanked douc
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Pygathrix nemaeus:
- Pudú with a weight of 9.6 kilos (21.16 lbs)
- Maxwell’s duiker with a weight of 8.56 kilos (18.87 lbs)
- Pennant’s colobus with a weight of 10.9 kilos (24.03 lbs)
- Lowland paca with a weight of 8.17 kilos (18.01 lbs)
- Mountain paca with a weight of 9 kilos (19.84 lbs)
- Gee’s golden langur with a weight of 8.36 kilos (18.43 lbs)
- Hog badger with a weight of 8.17 kilos (18.01 lbs)
- Short-eared dog with a weight of 8.36 kilos (18.43 lbs)
- King colobus with a weight of 8.7 kilos (19.18 lbs)
- François’ langur with a weight of 8.16 kilos (17.99 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Red-shanked douc
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Red-shanked douc:
- Natal red rock hare with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- Müeller’s gibbon with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Brown howler with a size of 51.5 cm (1′ 9″)
- Agile wallaby with a size of 64.6 cm (2′ 2″)
- Tibetan sand fox with a size of 60.2 cm (2′ 0″)
- Sharpe’s grysbok with a size of 67.9 cm (2′ 3″)
- Sarcophilus laniarius with a size of 55.8 cm (1′ 10″)
- Sunda pangolin with a size of 59 cm (2′ 0″)
- Northern plains gray langur with a size of 61 cm (2′ 1″)
- Aardwolf with a size of 69.7 cm (2′ 4″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Red-shanked douc
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Red-shanked douc:
- Northern ghost bat
- Tricolored bat
- Thomson’s gazelle
- Horse
- Bahamian hutia
- Red goral
- Lowland mosaic-tailed rat
- Leschenault’s rousette
- Common tsessebe
- Southern elephant seal
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Red-shanked douc
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Red-shanked douc:
- Lion with an average maximal age of 30 years
- Raccoon with an average maximal age of 20.83 years
- Geoffroy’s spider monkey with an average maximal age of 27.25 years
- Straw-coloured fruit bat with an average maximal age of 21.75 years
- California sea lion with an average maximal age of 30 years
- Hartebeest with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Barbary macaque with an average maximal age of 22 years
- Wolf with an average maximal age of 29.5 years
- Jaguar with an average maximal age of 23 years
- Madagascan fruit bat with an average maximal age of 20 years