How many baby Central American squirrel monkeys are in a litter?
A Central American squirrel monkey (Saimiri oerstedii) usually gives birth to around 1 babies.
Each of those little ones spend around 161 days as a fetus before they are released into the wild. Upon birth, they weight 3.33 kg (7.34 lbs) and measure 3.7 cm (0′ 2″). They are a member of the Cebidae family (genus: Saimiri). An adult Central American squirrel monkey grows up to a size of 28.2 cm (1′ 0″).
To have a reference: Humans obviously usually have a litter size of one ;). Their babies are in the womb of their mother for 280 days (40 weeks) and reach an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). They weight in at 62 kg (137 lbs), which is obviously highly individual, and reach an average age of 75 years.
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”.
Other animals of the family Cebidae
Central American squirrel monkey is a member of the Cebidae, as are these animals:
- Tufted capuchin with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Golden-backed uakari becoming 18 years old
- Gray-bellied night monkey weighting only 800 grams
- Kaapori capuchin weighting around 3 kilograms (6.61 lbs)
- Colombian white-faced capuchin with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Gray-bellied night monkey with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Brumback’s night monkey weighting only 603 grams
- Maués marmoset weighting only 443 grams
- White-footed saki weighting around 2.8 kilograms (6.17 lbs)
- Black-capped squirrel monkey with 1 babies per pregnancy
Animals that share a litter size with Central American squirrel monkey
Those animals also give birth to 1 babies at once:
- Blyth’s vole
- Parma wallaby
- Rufous rat-kangaroo
- Southern muriqui
- Guam flying fox
- Indonesian short-nosed fruit bat
- Little brown bat
- Lowlands tree-kangaroo
- Golden bamboo lemur
- Southern three-banded armadillo
Animals with the same weight as a Central American squirrel monkey
What other animals weight around 714 grams (1.57 lbs)?
- Nancy Ma’s night monkey weighting 791 grams
- Yellow mongoose weighting 694 grams
- Rock squirrel weighting 715 grams
- Western gray squirrel weighting 704 grams
- Black squirrel monkey weighting 784 grams
- Giant tree-rat weighting 584 grams
- White-footed sportive lemur weighting 600 grams
- New Guinean quoll weighting 611 grams
- Southern brown bandicoot weighting 825 grams
- Rakali weighting 626 grams
Animals with the same size as a Central American squirrel monkey
Also reaching around 28.2 cm (1′ 0″) in size do these animals:
- Eastern quoll gets as big as 33.3 cm (1′ 2″)
- Red-legged sun squirrel gets as big as 23.8 cm (0′ 10″)
- Great flying fox gets as big as 27.9 cm (0′ 11″)
- Black-tailed prairie dog gets as big as 29.4 cm (1′ 0″)
- Siberian weasel gets as big as 30.6 cm (1′ 1″)
- Giant white-tailed rat gets as big as 28.3 cm (1′ 0″)
- Mexican gray squirrel gets as big as 25.2 cm (0′ 10″)
- Allen’s squirrel gets as big as 23.4 cm (0′ 10″)
- Brown four-eyed opossum gets as big as 26.1 cm (0′ 11″)
- Gunnison’s prairie dog gets as big as 27.9 cm (0′ 11″)