It is hard to guess what a De Brazza’s monkey weights. But we have the answer:
An adult De Brazza’s monkey (Cercopithecus neglectus) on average weights 5.32 kg (11.73 lbs).
The De Brazza’s monkey is from the family Cercopithecidae (genus: Cercopithecus). It is usually born with about 260 grams (0.57 lbs). They can live for up to 26.25 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 51 cm (1′ 9″). Usually, De Brazza’s monkeys 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.
DeBrazza’s monkey (Cercopithecus neglectus) is an Old World monkey endemic to the riverine and swamp forests of central Africa. The largest species in the guenon family, it is one of the most widespread arboreal African primates. Aside from size, it can be differentiated from other cercopithecus monkeys by its orange diadem and white beard. Due to its cryptic nature, the species is not well documented in all of its habitats but has shown unique traits such as pair-bonding and aggressive behavior towards other guenons.
Animals of the same family as a De Brazza’s monkey
We found other animals of the Cercopithecidae family:
- Chacma baboon bringing 17.73 kilos (39.09 lbs) to the scale
- Tonkin snub-nosed monkey bringing 9.09 kilos (20.04 lbs) to the scale
- Golden snub-nosed monkey bringing 13.46 kilos (29.67 lbs) to the scale
- Guinea baboon bringing 18.03 kilos (39.75 lbs) to the scale
- Red-eared guenon bringing 3.25 kilos (7.17 lbs) to the scale
- Purple-faced langur bringing 7.53 kilos (16.6 lbs) to the scale
- Booted macaque bringing 2.75 kilos (6.06 lbs) to the scale
- Raffles’ banded langur bringing 7.02 kilos (15.48 lbs) to the scale
- Capped langur bringing 11.21 kilos (24.71 lbs) to the scale
- Gelada bringing 15.98 kilos (35.23 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a De Brazza’s monkey
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Cercopithecus neglectus:
- Alaskan hare with a weight of 4.85 kilos (10.69 lbs)
- Large-spotted civet with a weight of 4.53 kilos (9.99 lbs)
- Red-necked pademelon with a weight of 5.4 kilos (11.9 lbs)
- White-thighed surili with a weight of 5.9 kilos (13.01 lbs)
- Hairy-nosed otter with a weight of 5.97 kilos (13.16 lbs)
- Müeller’s gibbon with a weight of 5.92 kilos (13.05 lbs)
- Bridled nail-tail wallaby with a weight of 4.95 kilos (10.91 lbs)
- Red panda with a weight of 5.17 kilos (11.4 lbs)
- Preuss’s monkey with a weight of 5.14 kilos (11.33 lbs)
- White-nosed coati with a weight of 4.58 kilos (10.1 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a De Brazza’s monkey
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as De Brazza’s monkey:
- Yunnan hare with a size of 47 cm (1′ 7″)
- Raccoon dog with a size of 44.8 cm (1′ 6″)
- Mountain hare with a size of 50.9 cm (1′ 9″)
- White-fronted surili with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- Alpine woolly rat with a size of 44.2 cm (1′ 6″)
- Thick-spined porcupine with a size of 54.2 cm (1′ 10″)
- Bunyoro rabbit with a size of 47 cm (1′ 7″)
- Golden palm civet with a size of 48.8 cm (1′ 8″)
- Red panda with a size of 58.3 cm (1′ 11″)
- Bat-eared fox with a size of 53.8 cm (1′ 10″)
Animals with the same litter size as a De Brazza’s monkey
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a De Brazza’s monkey:
- Matschie’s tree-kangaroo
- Bohor reedbuck
- Link rat
- Jentink’s duiker
- Philippine tarsier
- Vicuña
- Javan rhinoceros
- Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth
- Cape horseshoe bat
- Indian pangolin
Animals with the same life expectancy as a De Brazza’s monkey
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a De Brazza’s monkey:
- Steller sea lion with an average maximal age of 30 years
- Domestic yak with an average maximal age of 22.25 years
- Sambar deer with an average maximal age of 26.42 years
- Western long-beaked echidna with an average maximal age of 31 years
- Daubenton’s bat with an average maximal age of 28 years
- Dall’s porpoise with an average maximal age of 22 years
- Ryukyu flying fox with an average maximal age of 31 years
- Geoffroy’s spider monkey with an average maximal age of 27.25 years
- Malayan tapir with an average maximal age of 30 years
- Ring-tailed lemur with an average maximal age of 30 years