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How many babies does a Tana River red colobus have at once? (litter size)

How many baby Tana River red colobuss are in a litter?

A Tana River red colobus (Piliocolobus rufomitratus) usually gives birth to around 1 babies.

Each of those little ones spend around 195 days as a fetus before they are released into the wild. 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 Tana River red colobus grows up to a size of 56 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 Tana River red colobus (Piliocolobus rufomitratus), also called the eastern red colobus, is a highly endangered species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is endemic to a narrow zone of gallery forest near the Tana River in southeastern Kenya.

Other animals of the family Cercopithecidae

Tana River red colobus is a member of the Cercopithecidae, as are these animals:

Animals that share a litter size with Tana River red colobus

Those animals also give birth to 1 babies at once:

Animals with the same weight as a Tana River red colobus

What other animals weight around 8.03 kg (17.7 lbs)?

Animals with the same size as a Tana River red colobus

Also reaching around 56 cm (1′ 11″) in size do these animals: