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How many babies does a Pennant’s colobus have at once? (litter size)

How many baby Pennant’s colobuss are in a litter?

A Pennant’s colobus (Piliocolobus pennantii) usually gives birth to around 1 babies.

Upon birth, they weight 19 grams (0.04 lbs) and measure 4 cm (0′ 2″). They are a member of the Cercopithecidae family (genus: Piliocolobus). An adult Pennant’s colobus grows up to a size of 57.4 cm (1′ 11″).

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 Pennant's colobus is 1

Pennant’s colobus or Pennant’s red colobus (Piliocolobus pennantii) is a species of tree-dwelling primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is endemic to tropical Central Africa. Three subspecies have traditionally been recognised but its distribution is peculiarly disjunct and has been considered a biogeographical puzzle. with one population on the island of Bioko (Equatorial Guinea), a second in the Niger River Delta in southern Nigeria, and a third in east-central Republic of Congo. It is found in rainforests and marshy forests. It is threatened by habitat loss and hunting for bushmeat. One subspecies, bouvieri, is rated as critically endangered; although it was last photographically documented in 2015, it may be on the brink of extinction.

Other animals of the family Cercopithecidae

Pennant’s colobus is a member of the Cercopithecidae, as are these animals:

Animals that share a litter size with Pennant’s colobus

Those animals also give birth to 1 babies at once:

Animals with the same weight as a Pennant’s colobus

What other animals weight around 10.9 kg (24.02 lbs)?