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How many babies does a Dryas monkey have at once? (litter size)

How many baby Dryas monkeys are in a litter?

A Dryas monkey (Cercopithecus dryas) usually gives birth to around 1 babies.

Upon birth, they weight 468 grams (1.03 lbs) and measure 2.9 cm (0′ 2″). They are a member of the Cercopithecidae family (genus: Cercopithecus). An adult Dryas monkey grows up to a size of 47 cm (1′ 7″).

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 average litter size of a Dryas monkey is 1

The Dryas monkey (Cercopithecus dryas), also known as Salonga monkey, ekele, or inoko, is a little-known species of guenon found only in the Congo Basin, restricted to the left bank of the Congo River. It is now established that the animals that had been classified as Cercopithecus salongo (the common name being Zaire Diana monkey) were in fact Dryas monkeys. Some older sources treat the Dryas monkey as a subspecies of the Diana monkey and classify it as C. diana dryas, but it is geographically isolated from any known Diana monkey population.While the Dryas monkey had been considered data deficient, evidence suggests it is very rare and its total population possibly numbers fewer than 200 individuals. Consequently, its status was changed to critically endangered in the 2008 IUCN Red List. Along with being listed by the IUCN, this species is also listed on Appendix II of CITES. However, in January 2019 the IUCN status was changed to endangered following the discovery of this species at eight locations in Lomami National Park.

Other animals of the family Cercopithecidae

Dryas monkey is a member of the Cercopithecidae, as are these animals:

Animals that share a litter size with Dryas monkey

Those animals also give birth to 1 babies at once:

Animals with the same weight as a Dryas monkey

What other animals weight around 2.78 kg (6.13 lbs)?