It is hard to guess what a Golden-mantled tamarin weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Golden-mantled tamarin (Saguinus tripartitus) on average weights 385 grams (0.85 lbs).
The Golden-mantled tamarin is from the family Callitrichidae (genus: Saguinus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 24 cm (0′ 10″).
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 golden-mantled tamarin (Leontocebus tripartitus) is a tamarin species from South America. It is found in Ecuador and Peru, specifically in the upper Amazon (lowland), east of the Andes in Ecuador, and Northeast Peru; between the Rio Curaray and Rio Napo in Peru.
Animals of the same family as a Golden-mantled tamarin
We found other animals of the Callitrichidae family:
- Common marmoset with a weight of 291 grams
- Santarem marmoset with a weight of 375 grams
- Black-mantled tamarin with a weight of 450 grams
- Goeldi’s marmoset with a weight of 558 grams
- Pied tamarin with a weight of 465 grams
- Brown-mantled tamarin with a weight of 393 grams
- Golden-headed lion tamarin with a weight of 573 grams
- Black lion tamarin with a weight of 656 grams
- Black-tufted marmoset with a weight of 340 grams
- White-lipped tamarin with a weight of 509 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Golden-mantled tamarin
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Saguinus tripartitus:
- Guaira spiny rat bringing 349 grams to the scale
- Richardson’s ground squirrel bringing 325 grams to the scale
- Goya tuco-tuco bringing 400 grams to the scale
- Red-tailed squirrel bringing 319 grams to the scale
- Geelvink Bay flying fox bringing 351 grams to the scale
- Steinbach’s tuco-tuco bringing 385 grams to the scale
- Pygmy spotted skunk bringing 365 grams to the scale
- Guyenne spiny rat bringing 315 grams to the scale
- Maués marmoset bringing 443 grams to the scale
- White-headed marmoset bringing 342 grams to the scale