It is hard to guess what a Black snub-nosed monkey weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Black snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) on average weights 11 kg (24.25 lbs).
The Black snub-nosed monkey is from the family Cercopithecidae (genus: Rhinopithecus). It is usually born with about 424 grams (0.93 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 71.8 cm (2′ 5″).
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 snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti), also known as the Yunnan snub-nosed monkey, is a large black and white primate that lives only in the southern Chinese province of Yunnan, where it is known to the locals as the Yunnan golden hair monkey (滇金丝猴) and the black-and-white snub-nosed monkey (黑白仰鼻猴). The common name, black snub-nosed monkey, is issued to Rhinopithecus strykeri, inhabiting in Northern Sino-Myanmar border. Coniferous and deciduous forests in the mountainous regions of Yunnan are the ideal terrain for these primates. It is threatened by habitat loss, and is considered an endangered species. With their unique adaptations to their environment, these monkeys thrive at extreme altitudes despite the below freezing temperatures and thin air. This primate’s diet is mainly made up of the large amounts of lichens available in their region. Recent studies have provided more information on the black-and-white snub-nosed monkey, but there is still much to learn about them.
Animals of the same family as a Black snub-nosed monkey
We found other animals of the Cercopithecidae family:
- Thomas’s langur bringing 6.69 kilos (14.75 lbs) to the scale
- Tonkin snub-nosed monkey bringing 9.09 kilos (20.04 lbs) to the scale
- Black-crested Sumatran langur bringing 6.45 kilos (14.22 lbs) to the scale
- Crested mona monkey bringing 3.58 kilos (7.89 lbs) to the scale
- Capped langur bringing 11.21 kilos (24.71 lbs) to the scale
- Tonkean macaque bringing 10.07 kilos (22.2 lbs) to the scale
- Black-footed gray langur bringing 10.03 kilos (22.11 lbs) to the scale
- Dusky leaf monkey bringing 7.18 kilos (15.83 lbs) to the scale
- White-thighed surili bringing 5.9 kilos (13.01 lbs) to the scale
- East Javan langur bringing 9.72 kilos (21.43 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Black snub-nosed monkey
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Rhinopithecus bieti:
- Pudú with a weight of 9.6 kilos (21.16 lbs)
- Capped langur with a weight of 11.21 kilos (24.71 lbs)
- Nilgiri langur with a weight of 10.6 kilos (23.37 lbs)
- Caracal with a weight of 11.98 kilos (26.41 lbs)
- Serval with a weight of 11.9 kilos (26.23 lbs)
- Tonkin snub-nosed monkey with a weight of 9.09 kilos (20.04 lbs)
- Proboscis monkey with a weight of 12.28 kilos (27.07 lbs)
- Cape grysbok with a weight of 10.47 kilos (23.08 lbs)
- White-bellied duiker with a weight of 13.1 kilos (28.88 lbs)
- Red forest duiker with a weight of 12.36 kilos (27.25 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Black snub-nosed monkey
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Black snub-nosed monkey:
- Marine otter with a size of 67.8 cm (2′ 3″)
- Southern river otter with a size of 59 cm (2′ 0″)
- Gray fox with a size of 60.3 cm (2′ 0″)
- Grizzled tree-kangaroo with a size of 71.7 cm (2′ 5″)
- King colobus with a size of 62.7 cm (2′ 1″)
- Golden snub-nosed monkey with a size of 64.7 cm (2′ 2″)
- Black-footed gray langur with a size of 65.5 cm (2′ 2″)
- Red panda with a size of 58.3 cm (1′ 11″)
- Bonobo with a size of 75.3 cm (2′ 6″)
- Capped langur with a size of 57.5 cm (1′ 11″)