How many baby Müeller’s gibbons are in a litter?
A Müeller’s gibbon (Hylobates muelleri) usually gives birth to around 1 babies.
Each of those little ones spend around 206 days as a fetus before they are released into the wild. Upon birth, they weight 399 grams (0.88 lbs) and measure 8.5 cm (0′ 4″). They are a member of the Hylobatidae family (genus: Hylobates). An adult Müeller’s gibbon grows up to a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″).
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.
Müeller’s gibbon (Hylobates muelleri), also known as the grey gibbon is a primate in the gibbon family, Hylobatidae.Unlike most gibbon species, Müeller’s gibbon does not show sexual dimorphism in its fur coloration. Its fur is grey- or brown-colored with a ring of bright fur around its face. On the head, it often has a darkly colored cap. Weighing between 4–8 kg, it ranks among the smaller of the gibbons.Müeller’s gibbon is endemic to the island of Borneo, inhabiting the northern and eastern part of the island. In the southwest of the island lives the Bornean white-bearded gibbon; their territories hardly overlap. Grey gibbons are diurnal rain forest dwellers, characterized by the long arms that all gibbons have, with which they brachiate through the trees. They live together in monogamous pairs, and defend their family territory against intruders with long, loud singing. Their diet consists primarily of fruits. Little is known about the reproductive patterns of this species, but it is thought to be similar to that of other gibbon species.Müeller’s gibbon occurs in a number of protected areas, including Betung Kerihun National Park, Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park, Kayan Mentarang National Park, Kutai National Park, Sungai Wain Protection Forest and Tanjung Puting National Park in Indonesia and Pulong Tau National Park the Lanjak Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary and Semengok Forest Reserve in Malaysia.
Other animals of the family Hylobatidae
Müeller’s gibbon is a member of the Hylobatidae, as are these animals:
- Agile gibbon with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Kloss’s gibbon with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Hoolock gibbon with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Pileated gibbon with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Siamang with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Lar gibbon with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Siamang with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Hoolock gibbon with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Northern white-cheeked gibbon weighting around 7.32 kilograms (16.14 lbs)
- Black crested gibbon with 1 babies per pregnancy
Animals that share a litter size with Müeller’s gibbon
Those animals also give birth to 1 babies at once:
- Long-tongued nectar bat
- Lappet-eared free-tailed bat
- Raffray’s bandicoot
- Thorold’s deer
- Green bush squirrel
- Micronycteris nicefori
- Grant’s golden mole
- Natal red rock hare
- Black-crested Sumatran langur
- Collared mangabey
Animals that get as old as a Müeller’s gibbon
Other animals that usually reach the age of 14.5 years:
- Long-footed treeshrew with 12 years
- Suni with 14 years
- Yellow-spotted rock hyrax with 14 years
- Long-tailed goral with 13.17 years
- Gray brocket with 12 years
- Giant eland with 16.17 years
- Harbour porpoise with 15 years
- Fennec fox with 14.58 years
- Pygmy marmoset with 15.08 years
- Pampas fox with 13.67 years
Animals with the same weight as a Müeller’s gibbon
What other animals weight around 5.92 kg (13.05 lbs)?
- Blue monkey usually reaching 5.04 kgs (11.11 lbs)
- Black howler usually reaching 5.58 kgs (12.3 lbs)
- Gray dorcopsis usually reaching 4.95 kgs (10.91 lbs)
- Coypu usually reaching 6.36 kgs (14.02 lbs)
- Raffles’ banded langur usually reaching 7.02 kgs (15.48 lbs)
- Brown woolly monkey usually reaching 6.27 kgs (13.82 lbs)
- Six-banded armadillo usually reaching 4.76 kgs (10.49 lbs)
- Hoolock gibbon usually reaching 6.7 kgs (14.77 lbs)
- Peruvian spider monkey usually reaching 7.09 kgs (15.63 lbs)
- Red fox usually reaching 4.83 kgs (10.65 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Müeller’s gibbon
Also reaching around 54.5 cm (1′ 10″) in size do these animals:
- Lar gibbon gets as big as 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Yellow-tailed woolly monkey gets as big as 55 cm (1′ 10″)
- Bush dog gets as big as 62.6 cm (2′ 1″)
- Hoolock gibbon gets as big as 54.7 cm (1′ 10″)
- Kloss’s gibbon gets as big as 51.2 cm (1′ 9″)
- Japanese hare gets as big as 49.9 cm (1′ 8″)
- Banded palm civet gets as big as 46 cm (1′ 7″)
- Bay cat gets as big as 55 cm (1′ 10″)
- Red-shanked douc gets as big as 61.7 cm (2′ 1″)
- Egyptian mongoose gets as big as 57.5 cm (1′ 11″)