It is hard to guess what a Black lemur weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Black lemur (Eulemur macaco) on average weights 2.48 kg (5.46 lbs).
The Black lemur is from the family Lemuridae (genus: Eulemur). It is usually born with about 60 grams (0.13 lbs). They can live for up to 30 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 39.7 cm (1′ 4″). On average, Black lemurs can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 1.
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 lemur (Eulemur macaco) is a species of lemur from the family Lemuridae. Like all lemurs, it is endemic to Madagascar. Originally, the species was thought to have two subspecies, Eulemur macaco macaco and Eulemur macaco flavifrons, both of which were elevated to species status by Mittermeier et al. in 2008 to Eulemur macaco and Eulemur flavifrons respectively. The most startling difference between the two species is the eye colour; Eulemur flavifrons, the blue-eyed black lemur, has blue eyes, while Eulemur macaco, the black lemur, has brown or orange eyes, and also has ear tufts.Both species live in northwest Madagascar. The black lemur occurs in moist forests in the Sambirano region of Madagascar and on nearby islands. The blue-eyed black lemur is restricted to the Sahamalaza Peninsula and adjacent forests. There are reports of the two species hybridizing where their ranges overlap in Manongarivo Special Reserve.
Animals of the same family as a Black lemur
We found other animals of the Lemuridae family:
- Red-bellied lemur bringing 2.03 kilos (4.48 lbs) to the scale
- Crowned lemur bringing 1.7 kilos (3.75 lbs) to the scale
- Black-and-white ruffed lemur bringing 3.86 kilos (8.51 lbs) to the scale
- Mongoose lemur bringing 1.77 kilos (3.9 lbs) to the scale
- Ring-tailed lemur bringing 2.63 kilos (5.8 lbs) to the scale
- Greater bamboo lemur bringing 2.03 kilos (4.48 lbs) to the scale
- Sanford’s brown lemur bringing 2.39 kilos (5.27 lbs) to the scale
- Lac Alaotra bamboo lemur bringing 1.62 kilos (3.57 lbs) to the scale
- Greater bamboo lemur bringing 2.04 kilos (4.5 lbs) to the scale
- Golden bamboo lemur bringing 1.57 kilos (3.46 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Black lemur
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Eulemur macaco:
- Black bearded saki with a weight of 2.97 kilos (6.55 lbs)
- Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine with a weight of 2 kilos (4.41 lbs)
- Rothschild’s porcupine with a weight of 2 kilos (4.41 lbs)
- Dryas monkey with a weight of 2.78 kilos (6.13 lbs)
- Andean hairy armadillo with a weight of 2.14 kilos (4.72 lbs)
- Orinoco agouti with a weight of 2.65 kilos (5.84 lbs)
- Yellow-spotted rock hyrax with a weight of 2.45 kilos (5.4 lbs)
- Burmese hare with a weight of 2.27 kilos (5 lbs)
- Greater bamboo lemur with a weight of 2.04 kilos (4.5 lbs)
- Nilgiri marten with a weight of 2.04 kilos (4.5 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Black lemur
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Black lemur:
- White-nosed saki with a size of 44 cm (1′ 6″)
- Indian grey mongoose with a size of 39.8 cm (1′ 4″)
- Island fox with a size of 47.2 cm (1′ 7″)
- Rothschild’s woolly rat with a size of 38.1 cm (1′ 3″)
- Liberian mongoose with a size of 45 cm (1′ 6″)
- Tiger quoll with a size of 42.7 cm (1′ 5″)
- Olive colobus with a size of 45.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- Lesser spot-nosed monkey with a size of 41 cm (1′ 5″)
- Amami rabbit with a size of 44.4 cm (1′ 6″)
- Spotted giant flying squirrel with a size of 39.8 cm (1′ 4″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Black lemur
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Black lemur:
- Northern ghost bat
- Greater bamboo lemur
- Lander’s horseshoe bat
- Townsend’s mole
- Mountain gazelle
- Guanaco
- Egyptian slit-faced bat
- Western mastiff bat
- Dusky leaf-nosed bat
- Southeast Asian long-fingered bat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Black lemur
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Black lemur:
- Crested mona monkey with an average maximal age of 24.08 years
- South American tapir with an average maximal age of 35 years
- Greater horseshoe bat with an average maximal age of 30 years
- Mantled guereza with an average maximal age of 24.5 years
- Tiger with an average maximal age of 26.25 years
- Spotted seal with an average maximal age of 35.5 years
- Aye-aye with an average maximal age of 24.25 years
- South American sea lion with an average maximal age of 24.75 years
- Red deer with an average maximal age of 26.75 years
- Atlantic white-sided dolphin with an average maximal age of 27 years