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

How many baby Zanzibar red colobuss are in a litter?

A Zanzibar red colobus (Piliocolobus kirkii) usually gives birth to around 1 babies.

Each of those little ones spend around 165 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 Zanzibar red 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 Zanzibar red colobus is 1

The Zanzibar red colobus (Piliocolobus kirkii) is a species of red colobus monkey endemic to Unguja, the main island of the Zanzibar Archipelago, off the coast of Tanzania. It is also known as Kirk’s red colobus after Sir John Kirk, the British Resident of Zanzibar who first brought it to the attention of zoological science. It is now classified as an endangered species and in the mid-1990s was adopted as the flagship species for conservation in Zanzibar. The population is still decreasing, and conservationists are attempting to work with the local government to devise a proper, effective strategy to protect the population and habitat. Challenges include the species’ habitat, which is limited to the archipelago. The species has been reclassified three times; it was previously in the genus Colobus, then in the genus Procolobus, and later in the genus Piliocolobus.

Other animals of the family Cercopithecidae

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

Animals that share a litter size with Zanzibar red colobus

Those animals also give birth to 1 babies at once:

Animals with the same weight as a Zanzibar red colobus

What other animals weight around 7.16 kg (15.78 lbs)?

Animals with the same size as a Zanzibar red colobus

Also reaching around 57.4 cm (1′ 11″) in size do these animals: