It is hard to guess what a Lar gibbon weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Lar gibbon (Hylobates lar) on average weights 5.6 kg (12.35 lbs).
The Lar gibbon is from the family Hylobatidae (genus: Hylobates). It is usually born with about 399 grams (0.88 lbs). They can live for up to 40 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 54.5 cm (1′ 10″). Usually, Lar gibbons 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 lar gibbon (Hylobates lar), also known as the white-handed gibbon, is an endangered primate in the gibbon family, Hylobatidae. It is one of the better-known gibbons and is often kept in captivity.
Animals of the same family as a Lar gibbon
We found other animals of the Hylobatidae family:
- Black crested gibbon bringing 6.41 kilos (14.13 lbs) to the scale
- Müeller’s gibbon bringing 5.92 kilos (13.05 lbs) to the scale
- Pileated gibbon bringing 5.57 kilos (12.28 lbs) to the scale
- Silvery gibbon bringing 5.87 kilos (12.94 lbs) to the scale
- Hoolock gibbon bringing 6.7 kilos (14.77 lbs) to the scale
- Siamang bringing 10.9 kilos (24.03 lbs) to the scale
- Siamang bringing 10.84 kilos (23.9 lbs) to the scale
- Hoolock gibbon bringing 6.7 kilos (14.77 lbs) to the scale
- Agile gibbon bringing 5.85 kilos (12.9 lbs) to the scale
- Northern white-cheeked gibbon bringing 7.32 kilos (16.14 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Lar gibbon
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Hylobates lar:
- Preuss’s monkey with a weight of 5.14 kilos (11.33 lbs)
- Coypu with a weight of 6.36 kilos (14.02 lbs)
- Diademed sifaka with a weight of 6.58 kilos (14.51 lbs)
- Hoolock gibbon with a weight of 6.7 kilos (14.77 lbs)
- Tasmanian pademelon with a weight of 5.85 kilos (12.9 lbs)
- Southern tamandua with a weight of 4.73 kilos (10.43 lbs)
- Tammar wallaby with a weight of 5.28 kilos (11.64 lbs)
- Sun-tailed monkey with a weight of 5.26 kilos (11.6 lbs)
- Black crested gibbon with a weight of 6.43 kilos (14.18 lbs)
- Vancouver Island marmot with a weight of 5.24 kilos (11.55 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Lar gibbon
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Lar gibbon:
- Smith’s red rock hare with a size of 43.8 cm (1′ 6″)
- Common brown lemur with a size of 46.3 cm (1′ 7″)
- White-bellied spider monkey with a size of 46 cm (1′ 7″)
- Preuss’s monkey with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Yellow-throated marten with a size of 55 cm (1′ 10″)
- Sarcophilus laniarius with a size of 55.8 cm (1′ 10″)
- Black-headed spider monkey with a size of 48.9 cm (1′ 8″)
- European wildcat with a size of 50 cm (1′ 8″)
- Black dorcopsis with a size of 59.2 cm (2′ 0″)
- Menzbier’s marmot with a size of 45 cm (1′ 6″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Lar gibbon
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Lar gibbon:
- Brown-mantled tamarin
- Royal antelope
- Hispid pocket gopher
- Southern hairy-nosed wombat
- Eld’s deer
- Nilgiri tahr
- Pygmy killer whale
- Southern viscacha
- Dibatag
- Lesser spot-nosed monkey
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Lar gibbon
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Lar gibbon:
- Common brown lemur with an average maximal age of 37 years
- Bactrian camel with an average maximal age of 40 years
- Pantropical spotted dolphin with an average maximal age of 46 years
- Northern bottlenose whale with an average maximal age of 37 years
- Japanese macaque with an average maximal age of 33 years
- Common bottlenose dolphin with an average maximal age of 46 years
- Black rhinoceros with an average maximal age of 47 years
- Tufted capuchin with an average maximal age of 45.08 years
- Yellow baboon with an average maximal age of 45 years
- Southern pig-tailed macaque with an average maximal age of 34.25 years