How big does a Grivet get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Grivet (Chlorocebus aethiops) reaches an average size of 56 cm (1′ 11″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 31.58 years, they grow from 173 grams (0.38 lbs) to 3.86 kg (8.52 lbs). A Grivet has 1 babies at once. The Grivet (genus: Chlorocebus) is a member of the family Cercopithecidae.
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 grivet (Chlorocebus aethiops), also known as African green monkey and savannah monkey is an Old World monkey with long white tufts of hair along the sides of the face. Some authorities consider this and all of the members of the genus Chlorocebus to be a single species, Cercopithecus aethiops. As here defined, the grivet is restricted to Ethiopia, Sudan, Djibouti and Eritrea. In the southern part of its range, it comes into contact with the closely related vervet monkey (C. pygerythrus) and Bale Mountains vervet (C. djamdjamensis). Hybridization between them is possible, and may present a threat to the vulnerable Bale Mountains vervet. Unlike that species, the grivet is common and rated as Least Concern by the IUCN.
Animals of the same family as a Grivet
We found other animals of the Cercopithecidae family:
- Agile mangabey bringing 7.11 kilos (15.67 lbs) to the scale
- Greater spot-nosed monkey with a size of 54.9 cm (1′ 10″)
- Tonkin snub-nosed monkey with a size of 56.9 cm (1′ 11″)
- Sooty mangabey with 1 babies per litter
- Dent’s mona monkey with 1 babies per litter
- Mona monkey with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- Campbell’s mona monkey with a size of 45.5 cm (1′ 6″)
- Maroon leaf monkey with a size of 49.9 cm (1′ 8″)
- Lion-tailed macaque with a size of 54.7 cm (1′ 10″)
- Pennant’s colobus with 1 babies per litter
Animals with the same size as a Grivet
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Grivet:
- Sarcophilus laniarius with a size of 55.8 cm (1′ 10″)
- Red panda with a size of 58.3 cm (1′ 11″)
- Red-faced spider monkey with a size of 57.6 cm (1′ 11″)
- Alexander’s kusimanse with a size of 45 cm (1′ 6″)
- Tibetan sand fox with a size of 60.2 cm (2′ 0″)
- Kloss’s gibbon with a size of 51.2 cm (1′ 9″)
- Dusky leaf monkey with a size of 54.9 cm (1′ 10″)
- Golden snub-nosed monkey with a size of 64.7 cm (2′ 2″)
- Philippine porcupine with a size of 54.2 cm (1′ 10″)
- Black-footed mongoose with a size of 61.3 cm (2′ 1″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Grivet
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Grivet:
- South American sea lion
- Handley’s tailless bat
- Macroscelides proboscideus
- Whiskered bat
- Northern plains gray langur
- Wroughton’s free-tailed bat
- Black rhinoceros
- Mongoose lemur
- Anoa
- Whiskered flying squirrel
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Grivet
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Grivet:
- Northern fur seal with an average maximal age of 35 years
- Western long-beaked echidna with an average maximal age of 31 years
- Blue monkey with an average maximal age of 27.08 years
- Canada lynx with an average maximal age of 26.75 years
- Spectacled bear with an average maximal age of 36.42 years
- South American tapir with an average maximal age of 35 years
- Sea otter with an average maximal age of 30 years
- African civet with an average maximal age of 28 years
- Bald uakari with an average maximal age of 27 years
- Wolf with an average maximal age of 29.5 years
Animals with the same weight as a Grivet
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Chlorocebus aethiops:
- Northern tamandua with a weight of 4.11 kilos (9.06 lbs)
- Mountain hare with a weight of 3.11 kilos (6.86 lbs)
- American hog-nosed skunk with a weight of 3.37 kilos (7.43 lbs)
- Spotted-necked otter with a weight of 4.18 kilos (9.22 lbs)
- Black-and-white ruffed lemur with a weight of 3.86 kilos (8.51 lbs)
- Crested mona monkey with a weight of 3.58 kilos (7.89 lbs)
- White-nosed coati with a weight of 4.58 kilos (10.1 lbs)
- Coquerel’s sifaka with a weight of 4.19 kilos (9.24 lbs)
- European hare with a weight of 3.82 kilos (8.42 lbs)
- Brown palm civet with a weight of 3.55 kilos (7.83 lbs)