It is hard to guess what a Black crested mangabey weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Black crested mangabey (Lophocebus aterrimus) on average weights 6.51 kg (14.35 lbs).
The Black crested mangabey is from the family Cercopithecidae (genus: Lophocebus). They can live for up to 26.75 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 51 cm (1′ 9″).
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 mangabey (Lophocebus aterrimus) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is found in Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Animals of the same family as a Black crested mangabey
We found other animals of the Cercopithecidae family:
- Black-crested Sumatran langur bringing 6.45 kilos (14.22 lbs) to the scale
- Guinea baboon bringing 18.03 kilos (39.75 lbs) to the scale
- Patas monkey bringing 7.99 kilos (17.61 lbs) to the scale
- Mandrill bringing 16.74 kilos (36.91 lbs) to the scale
- Black colobus bringing 9.1 kilos (20.06 lbs) to the scale
- Red-eared guenon bringing 3.25 kilos (7.17 lbs) to the scale
- Northern plains gray langur bringing 12.64 kilos (27.87 lbs) to the scale
- Wolf’s mona monkey bringing 3.26 kilos (7.19 lbs) to the scale
- Olive baboon bringing 17.73 kilos (39.09 lbs) to the scale
- Pennant’s colobus bringing 9.16 kilos (20.19 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Black crested mangabey
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Lophocebus aterrimus:
- Javan surili with a weight of 6.57 kilos (14.48 lbs)
- Black-spotted cuscus with a weight of 6 kilos (13.23 lbs)
- Pig-tailed langur with a weight of 7.39 kilos (16.29 lbs)
- Dusky leaf monkey with a weight of 7.18 kilos (15.83 lbs)
- Jaguarundi with a weight of 6.88 kilos (15.17 lbs)
- Red-handed howler with a weight of 6.17 kilos (13.6 lbs)
- Suni with a weight of 5.63 kilos (12.41 lbs)
- Raffles’ banded langur with a weight of 7.02 kilos (15.48 lbs)
- Pileated gibbon with a weight of 5.57 kilos (12.28 lbs)
- Bobcat with a weight of 6.38 kilos (14.07 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Black crested mangabey
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Black crested mangabey:
- Pallas’s cat with a size of 57.6 cm (1′ 11″)
- Plains viscacha with a size of 52.4 cm (1′ 9″)
- Long-nosed mongoose with a size of 55.4 cm (1′ 10″)
- Black-and-white ruffed lemur with a size of 54.7 cm (1′ 10″)
- Common brown lemur with a size of 46.3 cm (1′ 7″)
- Pennant’s colobus with a size of 56.9 cm (1′ 11″)
- Bunyoro rabbit with a size of 47 cm (1′ 7″)
- Jameson’s red rock hare with a size of 45.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- Owston’s palm civet with a size of 57.2 cm (1′ 11″)
- Vancouver Island marmot with a size of 46.7 cm (1′ 7″)
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Black crested mangabey
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Black crested mangabey:
- Northern hairy-nosed wombat with an average maximal age of 30 years
- Water buffalo with an average maximal age of 28.25 years
- Buru babirusa with an average maximal age of 24 years
- Black lemur with an average maximal age of 30 years
- Silvery lutung with an average maximal age of 31.08 years
- Chamois with an average maximal age of 22 years
- De Brazza’s monkey with an average maximal age of 26.25 years
- Serval with an average maximal age of 23 years
- Collared peccary with an average maximal age of 24.42 years
- Tiger with an average maximal age of 26.25 years