It is hard to guess what a Bonnet macaque weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Bonnet macaque (Macaca radiata) on average weights 5 kg (11.02 lbs).
The Bonnet macaque is from the family Cercopithecidae (genus: Macaca). It is usually born with about 368 grams (0.81 lbs). They can live for up to 30 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 47.5 cm (1′ 7″). Usually, Bonnet macaques 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 bonnet macaque (Macaca radiata), also known as zati, is a species of macaque endemic to southern India. Its distribution is limited by the Indian Ocean on three sides and the Godavari and Tapti Rivers, along with its related competitor the rhesus macaque in the north. Land use changes in the last few decades have resulted in changes in its distribution boundaries with the rhesus macaque, raising concern for its status in the wild.This Old World monkey is a diurnal animal.It is 35–60 cm long plus a tail of 35–68 cm. Males weigh 5.5 to 9.0 kg, females 3.5 to 4.5 kg. The monkey can live up to 35 years in captivity.The bonnet macaque feeds on fruits, nuts, seeds, flowers, invertebrates, and cereals. In southern India, this macaque exists as commensal to humans, feeding on food given by humans and raiding crops and houses.Two subspecies of bonnet macaques have been identified: M. r. radiata and M. r. diluta.
Animals of the same family as a Bonnet macaque
We found other animals of the Cercopithecidae family:
- Allen’s swamp monkey bringing 4.75 kilos (10.47 lbs) to the scale
- Patas monkey bringing 7.99 kilos (17.61 lbs) to the scale
- Japanese macaque bringing 10.11 kilos (22.29 lbs) to the scale
- Stump-tailed macaque bringing 9.38 kilos (20.68 lbs) to the scale
- Chacma baboon bringing 17.73 kilos (39.09 lbs) to the scale
- Diana monkey bringing 4.36 kilos (9.61 lbs) to the scale
- King colobus bringing 8.7 kilos (19.18 lbs) to the scale
- Red-shanked douc bringing 9.48 kilos (20.9 lbs) to the scale
- Preuss’s red colobus bringing 8.91 kilos (19.64 lbs) to the scale
- Grivet bringing 3.86 kilos (8.51 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Bonnet macaque
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Macaca radiata:
- Pagai Island macaque with a weight of 4.53 kilos (9.99 lbs)
- Tayra with a weight of 4.14 kilos (9.13 lbs)
- Big hairy armadillo with a weight of 4.46 kilos (9.83 lbs)
- Agile gibbon with a weight of 5.85 kilos (12.9 lbs)
- Giant bandicoot with a weight of 4.8 kilos (10.58 lbs)
- Thick-spined porcupine with a weight of 4.59 kilos (10.12 lbs)
- Parma wallaby with a weight of 4.16 kilos (9.17 lbs)
- Red panda with a weight of 5.17 kilos (11.4 lbs)
- Bicolored-spined porcupine with a weight of 4.49 kilos (9.9 lbs)
- Northern tamandua with a weight of 4.11 kilos (9.06 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Bonnet macaque
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Bonnet macaque:
- Black howler with a size of 55.9 cm (1′ 11″)
- Cape hare with a size of 42.6 cm (1′ 5″)
- Yellow-bellied marmot with a size of 41.2 cm (1′ 5″)
- Chinese hare with a size of 38 cm (1′ 3″)
- Olive colobus with a size of 45.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- Marsh mongoose with a size of 50 cm (1′ 8″)
- Northern white-cheeked gibbon with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Black-crested Sumatran langur with a size of 50.4 cm (1′ 8″)
- Asian small-clawed otter with a size of 51.9 cm (1′ 9″)
- Selous’s mongoose with a size of 42.8 cm (1′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Bonnet macaque
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Bonnet macaque:
- Philippine flying lemur
- Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine
- Common thick-thumbed bat
- Pale-throated sloth
- Hairy-fronted muntjac
- Lumholtz’s tree-kangaroo
- Himalayan goral
- Defua rat
- California leaf-nosed bat
- Red bush squirrel
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Bonnet macaque
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Bonnet macaque:
- Ribbon seal with an average maximal age of 31 years
- Brown-mantled tamarin with an average maximal age of 24.5 years
- African civet with an average maximal age of 28 years
- Drill (animal) with an average maximal age of 33.33 years
- California sea lion with an average maximal age of 30 years
- American badger with an average maximal age of 26 years
- Pagai Island macaque with an average maximal age of 30 years
- Red kangaroo with an average maximal age of 30 years
- Mantled guereza with an average maximal age of 24.5 years
- Rodrigues flying fox with an average maximal age of 30 years