It is hard to guess what a Guinea baboon weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Guinea baboon (Papio papio) on average weights 18.03 kg (39.74 lbs).
The Guinea baboon is from the family Cercopithecidae (genus: Papio). It is usually born with about 600 grams (1.32 lbs). They can live for up to 40 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 1.72 meter (5′ 8″). Usually, Guinea baboons 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 Guinea baboon (Papio papio) is a baboon from the Old World monkey family. Some (older) classifications list only two species in the genus Papio, this one and the hamadryas baboon. In those classifications, all other Papio species are considered subspecies of P. papio and the species is called the savanna baboon.The Guinea baboon inhabits a small area in western Africa. Its range includes Guinea, Senegal, Gambia, southern Mauritania and western Mali. Its habitat includes dry forests, gallery forests, and adjoining bush savannas or steppes. It has reddish-brown hair, a hairless, dark-violet or black face with the typical dog-like muzzle, which is surrounded by a small mane, and a tail carried in a round arc. It also has limb modifications that allow it to walk long distances on the ground. The Guinea baboon is one of the smallest baboon species, weighing between 13 and 26 kg (28.6–57 lbs). Their life spans are generally between 20 to 30 years.It is a diurnal and terrestrial animal, but sleeps in trees or high rocks at night, away from predators. The number of suitable sleeping trees limits the group size and the range. It lives in troops of up to 200 individuals, each with a set place in a hierarchy. Group living provides protection from predators such as the lion and various hyena species. Like all baboons, it is an omnivorous highly opportunistic feeder, eating fruits, buds, roots, bark, grasses, greens, seeds, tubers, leaves, nuts, cereals, insects, worms, birds and small mammals. Because it will eat practically anything available, the Guinea baboon is able to occupy areas with limited resources or harsh conditions. Its presence may help improve habitats because it digs for water and spreads seeds in its waste, encouraging plant growth.The Guinea baboon is a highly communicative animal. It communicates by using a variety of vocalizations and physical interactions. In addition to vocalizations to each other, this animal has vocal communications apparently intended to be received and interpreted by predators.Due to its small range and the loss of its habitat, the Guinea baboon is classified as “near threatened” by the IUCN.
Animals of the same family as a Guinea baboon
We found other animals of the Cercopithecidae family:
- Pygathrix bieti bringing 11 kilos (24.25 lbs) to the scale
- Capped langur bringing 11.21 kilos (24.71 lbs) to the scale
- Black colobus bringing 9.1 kilos (20.06 lbs) to the scale
- Dent’s mona monkey with 1 babies per litter
- Moustached guenon bringing 3.44 kilos (7.58 lbs) to the scale
- Tibetan macaque bringing 10.6 kilos (23.37 lbs) to the scale
- Javan surili bringing 6.57 kilos (14.48 lbs) to the scale
- Black snub-nosed monkey bringing 11 kilos (24.25 lbs) to the scale
- Lesser spot-nosed monkey bringing 3.24 kilos (7.14 lbs) to the scale
- Sooty mangabey bringing 6.94 kilos (15.3 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Guinea baboon
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Papio papio:
- Arabian gazelle with a weight of 18.06 kilos (39.82 lbs)
- Mandrill with a weight of 16.74 kilos (36.91 lbs)
- Black wallaroo with a weight of 17 kilos (37.48 lbs)
- Olive baboon with a weight of 17.73 kilos (39.09 lbs)
- Oribi with a weight of 17.16 kilos (37.83 lbs)
- Cape porcupine with a weight of 14.92 kilos (32.89 lbs)
- Common duiker with a weight of 15.57 kilos (34.33 lbs)
- Lesser capybara with a weight of 21.27 kilos (46.89 lbs)
- Mérida brocket with a weight of 16.5 kilos (36.38 lbs)
- Zebra duiker with a weight of 15.53 kilos (34.24 lbs)
Animals with the same litter size as a Guinea baboon
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Guinea baboon:
- Black howler
- Woosnam’s brush-furred rat
- Western broad-nosed bat
- Fraser’s dolphin
- Gould’s long-eared bat
- Siamang
- Brazilian brown bat
- Charming thicket rat
- Four-striped ground squirrel
- Ringed seal
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Guinea baboon
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Guinea baboon:
- Black rhinoceros with an average maximal age of 47 years
- Long-finned pilot whale with an average maximal age of 45 years
- South American tapir with an average maximal age of 35 years
- Black capuchin with an average maximal age of 44 years
- Hoffmann’s two-toed sloth with an average maximal age of 32.08 years
- Drill (animal) with an average maximal age of 33.33 years
- Siamang with an average maximal age of 38 years
- Northern giraffe with an average maximal age of 36.25 years
- Crabeater seal with an average maximal age of 39 years
- Sumatran rhinoceros with an average maximal age of 35 years