It is hard to guess what a Black crested gibbon weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Black crested gibbon (Nomascus concolor) on average weights 6.41 kg (14.13 lbs).
The Black crested gibbon is from the family Hylobatidae (genus: Nomascus). They can live for up to 44.08 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 54.5 cm (1′ 10″). Usually, Black crested gibbons have 1 babies per litter.
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
The black crested gibbon (Nomascus concolor) is an endangered species of gibbon found in China, Laos, and northern Vietnam, with four subspecies.
Animals of the same family as a Black crested gibbon
We found other animals of the Hylobatidae family:
- Lar gibbon bringing 5.6 kilos (12.35 lbs) to the scale
- Siamang bringing 10.9 kilos (24.03 lbs) to the scale
- Agile gibbon bringing 5.85 kilos (12.9 lbs) to the scale
- Northern white-cheeked gibbon bringing 7.32 kilos (16.14 lbs) to the scale
- Müeller’s gibbon bringing 5.92 kilos (13.05 lbs) to the scale
- Siamang bringing 10.84 kilos (23.9 lbs) to the scale
- Black crested gibbon bringing 6.43 kilos (14.18 lbs) to the scale
- Kloss’s gibbon bringing 5.84 kilos (12.87 lbs) to the scale
- Northern white-cheeked gibbon bringing 7.32 kilos (16.14 lbs) to the scale
- Pileated gibbon bringing 5.57 kilos (12.28 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Black crested gibbon
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Nomascus concolor:
- Black-spotted cuscus with a weight of 6 kilos (13.23 lbs)
- Venezuelan red howler with a weight of 6.41 kilos (14.13 lbs)
- South American gray fox with a weight of 6.34 kilos (13.98 lbs)
- Bush dog with a weight of 6.32 kilos (13.93 lbs)
- Black crested mangabey with a weight of 6.51 kilos (14.35 lbs)
- Desmarest’s hutia with a weight of 5.2 kilos (11.46 lbs)
- Suni with a weight of 5.63 kilos (12.41 lbs)
- Celebes crested macaque with a weight of 7.37 kilos (16.25 lbs)
- Hairy-nosed otter with a weight of 5.97 kilos (13.16 lbs)
- White-thighed surili with a weight of 5.9 kilos (13.01 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Black crested gibbon
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Black crested gibbon:
- Pallas’s cat with a size of 57.6 cm (1′ 11″)
- Brown’s pademelon with a size of 55 cm (1′ 10″)
- Rüppell’s fox with a size of 46 cm (1′ 7″)
- Diana monkey with a size of 47 cm (1′ 7″)
- François’ langur with a size of 58.9 cm (2′ 0″)
- Nilgiri marten with a size of 51.3 cm (1′ 9″)
- Aquatic genet with a size of 45.8 cm (1′ 7″)
- Günther’s dik-dik with a size of 61.2 cm (2′ 1″)
- Agile gibbon with a size of 54.4 cm (1′ 10″)
- Amami rabbit with a size of 44.4 cm (1′ 6″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Black crested gibbon
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Black crested gibbon:
- Dusky leaf-nosed bat
- Wagner’s bonneted bat
- Gray dorcopsis
- Proboscis monkey
- Van Gelder’s bat
- Insular flying fox
- Heart-nosed bat
- Shiny guinea pig
- Little collared fruit bat
- Papuan bandicoot
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Black crested gibbon
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Black crested gibbon:
- Caspian seal with an average maximal age of 50 years
- Harbor seal with an average maximal age of 40 years
- Red-faced spider monkey with an average maximal age of 37.75 years
- Spotted seal with an average maximal age of 35.5 years
- Narwhal with an average maximal age of 40 years
- Crabeater seal with an average maximal age of 39 years
- Guinea baboon with an average maximal age of 40 years
- Harp seal with an average maximal age of 42 years
- Harp seal with an average maximal age of 42 years
- Grey seal with an average maximal age of 46.67 years