It is hard to guess what a Central American squirrel monkey weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Central American squirrel monkey (Saimiri oerstedii) on average weights 714 grams (1.57 lbs).
The Central American squirrel monkey is from the family Cebidae (genus: Saimiri). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 28.2 cm (1′ 0″). Usually, Central American squirrel monkeys 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 Central American squirrel monkey or (Saimiri oerstedii), also known as red-backed squirrel monkey, is a squirrel monkey species from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica and Panama. It is restricted to the northwestern tip of Panama near the border with Costa Rica, and the central and southern Pacific coast of Costa Rica, primarily in Manuel Antonio and Corcovado National Parks.It is a small monkey with an orange back and a distinctive white and black facial mask. It has an omnivorous diet, eating fruits, other plant materials, invertebrates and some small vertebrates. In turn, it has a number of predators, including raptors, cats and snakes. It lives in large groups that typically contain between 20 and 75 monkeys. It has one of the most egalitarian social structures of all monkeys. Females do not form dominance hierarchies, and males do so only at breeding season. Females become sexually mature at 2½ years, and males at 4 to 5 years. Sexually mature females leave the natal group, but males can remain with their natal group their entire life. The Central American squirrel monkey can live for more than 15 years.The Central American squirrel monkey population declined precipitously after the 1970s. This decline is believed to be caused by deforestation, hunting, and capture to be kept as pets. Efforts are underway to preserve the species. Despite the threats to the population, in 2008 the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) upgraded its conservation status from “endangered” to “vulnerable”.
Animals of the same family as a Central American squirrel monkey
We found other animals of the Cebidae family:
- Black capuchin with a size of 43.5 cm (1′ 6″)
- Hershkovitz’s titi with a weight of 992 grams
- Collared titi bringing 1.22 kilos (2.69 lbs) to the scale
- Bolivian red howler bringing 6.61 kilos (14.57 lbs) to the scale
- Hoffmanns’s titi bringing 1.07 kilos (2.36 lbs) to the scale
- Rio Beni titi with a weight of 992 grams
- Red-bellied titi with a weight of 962 grams
- Colombian white-faced capuchin bringing 3.01 kilos (6.64 lbs) to the scale
- Bald uakari bringing 3.42 kilos (7.54 lbs) to the scale
- Tufted capuchin bringing 2.76 kilos (6.08 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Central American squirrel monkey
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Saimiri oerstedii:
- Cuban solenodon bringing 806 grams to the scale
- New Guinean quoll bringing 611 grams to the scale
- Mottle-faced tamarin bringing 803 grams to the scale
- Yellow-throated squirrel bringing 803 grams to the scale
- Southern white-breasted hedgehog bringing 690 grams to the scale
- Marbled polecat bringing 594 grams to the scale
- Angolan kusimanse bringing 700 grams to the scale
- Yellow ground squirrel bringing 779 grams to the scale
- Red-tailed sportive lemur bringing 763 grams to the scale
- Andean squirrel bringing 803 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Central American squirrel monkey
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Central American squirrel monkey:
- Giant otter shrew with a size of 32 cm (1′ 1″)
- Smoky flying squirrel with a size of 22.9 cm (0′ 10″)
- Mexican gray squirrel with a size of 25.2 cm (0′ 10″)
- Javan mongoose with a size of 27.5 cm (0′ 11″)
- Forest giant squirrel with a size of 29.1 cm (1′ 0″)
- D’Albertis’ ringtail possum with a size of 32.5 cm (1′ 1″)
- Weyland ringtail possum with a size of 31 cm (1′ 1″)
- Koslov’s pika with a size of 24 cm (0′ 10″)
- Little Swan Island hutia with a size of 33.7 cm (1′ 2″)
- Microcebus coquereli with a size of 23.1 cm (0′ 10″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Central American squirrel monkey
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Central American squirrel monkey: