It is hard to guess what a Eastern woolly lemur weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Eastern woolly lemur (Avahi laniger) on average weights 1.06 kg (2.33 lbs).
The Eastern woolly lemur is from the family Indridae (genus: Avahi). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 27.5 cm (0′ 11″). On average, Eastern woolly 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 eastern woolly lemur (Avahi laniger), also known as the eastern avahi or Gmelin’s woolly lemur, is a species of woolly lemur native to eastern Madagascar, where it lives in the wet tropical rainforest at low elevations along the eastern coast of the island or they can also inhabit the northern tip of the island with other species. The woolly lemur name refers to their thick, tightly-curled hair, whereas their generic name avahi refers to their high-pitched defensive call. The eastern woolly lemur almost has an owl-look with its large eyes, small rounded head, and ears that are mostly hidden. This nocturnal animal weighs 1.0–1.3 kg and reaches a length of 27–29 cm with a tail of 33–37 cm. Its diet consists mainly of leaves and buds with fruits, flowers, and bark.Eastern woolly lemurs live in monogamous pairs together with their offspring. The eastern woolly lemur’s breeding season ranges from March to May with the baby lemurs being born around August to September.Other lemur species that live in the same rainforests as eastern woolly lemur are the diademed sifaka (Propithecus diadema) and the red-bellied lemur (Eulemur rubriventer). In southeastern rainforests, sympatric lemur species of A. meridionalis are the brown mouse lemur (Microcebus rufus), the greater dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus major), the fat-tailed dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus medius) and the collared brown lemur (Eulemur collaris) in Sainte Luce Forest, and the southern lesser bamboo lemur (Hapalemur meridionalis) in Mandena Forest.According to the study conducted in “Diet and Behaviour of a Nocturnal Lemur, Avahi Laniger, in the Wild” (1991), a male lemur rarely interacts with more than one other individual when sleeping, traveling or grooming. At night, he would spend about 40% of the time with his partner either grooming or resting.
Animals of the same family as a Eastern woolly lemur
We found other animals of the Indridae family:
- Indri bringing 8.61 kilos (18.98 lbs) to the scale
- Verreaux’s sifaka bringing 3.61 kilos (7.96 lbs) to the scale
- Diademed sifaka bringing 6.58 kilos (14.51 lbs) to the scale
- Golden-crowned sifaka bringing 3.53 kilos (7.78 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Eastern woolly lemur
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Avahi laniger:
- Great flying fox with a weight of 1.02 kilos (2.25 lbs)
- Eastern white-eared giant rat bringing 867 grams to the scale
- Chestnut-bellied titi bringing 992 grams to the scale
- Blanford’s fox bringing 994 grams to the scale
- Black flying squirrel with a weight of 1.19 kilos (2.62 lbs)
- Azara’s night monkey bringing 929 grams to the scale
- Lesser grison with a weight of 1 kilos (2.2 lbs)
- White-eared titi bringing 898 grams to the scale
- Angolan talapoin with a weight of 1.25 kilos (2.76 lbs)
- Coppery titi with a weight of 1.12 kilos (2.47 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Eastern woolly lemur
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Eastern woolly lemur:
- Mexican gray squirrel with a size of 25.2 cm (0′ 10″)
- Ethiopian dwarf mongoose with a size of 23 cm (0′ 10″)
- Isabel naked-tailed rat with a size of 27 cm (0′ 11″)
- Gray-bellied night monkey with a size of 30.5 cm (1′ 1″)
- Long-tailed giant rat with a size of 22.8 cm (0′ 9″)
- Squirrel-toothed rat with a size of 26.4 cm (0′ 11″)
- Golden bamboo lemur with a size of 30.5 cm (1′ 1″)
- Eastern gray squirrel with a size of 25.4 cm (0′ 10″)
- Black and red bush squirrel with a size of 24.3 cm (0′ 10″)
- Black jackrabbit with a size of 23.9 cm (0′ 10″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Eastern woolly lemur
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Eastern woolly lemur: