It is hard to guess what a L’Hoest’s monkey weights. But we have the answer:
An adult L’Hoest’s monkey (Cercopithecus lhoesti) on average weights 5.31 kg (11.72 lbs).
The L’Hoest’s monkey is from the family Cercopithecidae (genus: Cercopithecus). They can live for up to 16 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 51 cm (1′ 9″). Usually, L’Hoest’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.
L’Hoest’s monkey (Allochrocebus lhoesti) or mountain monkey, is a guenon found in the upper eastern Congo basin. They mostly live in mountainous forest areas in small, female-dominated groups. They have a dark coat and can be distinguished by a characteristic white beard.
Animals of the same family as a L’Hoest’s monkey
We found other animals of the Cercopithecidae family:
- Black snub-nosed monkey bringing 11 kilos (24.25 lbs) to the scale
- Mentawai langur bringing 6.45 kilos (14.22 lbs) to the scale
- Gray snub-nosed monkey bringing 12.27 kilos (27.05 lbs) to the scale
- Dent’s mona monkey with 1 babies per litter
- Zanzibar red colobus bringing 7.16 kilos (15.79 lbs) to the scale
- Moor macaque bringing 7.29 kilos (16.07 lbs) to the scale
- Proboscis monkey bringing 12.28 kilos (27.07 lbs) to the scale
- Gee’s golden langur bringing 8.36 kilos (18.43 lbs) to the scale
- Sclater’s guenon bringing 3.07 kilos (6.77 lbs) to the scale
- Hamadryas baboon bringing 14.97 kilos (33 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a L’Hoest’s monkey
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Cercopithecus lhoesti:
- Brown dorcopsis with a weight of 5.39 kilos (11.88 lbs)
- Godman’s rock-wallaby with a weight of 4.75 kilos (10.47 lbs)
- Maroon leaf monkey with a weight of 6.37 kilos (14.04 lbs)
- Toque macaque with a weight of 4.66 kilos (10.27 lbs)
- Chinese mountain cat with a weight of 5.49 kilos (12.1 lbs)
- Hose’s langur with a weight of 6.29 kilos (13.87 lbs)
- Allied rock-wallaby with a weight of 4.63 kilos (10.21 lbs)
- Bridled nail-tail wallaby with a weight of 4.95 kilos (10.91 lbs)
- Black-flanked rock-wallaby with a weight of 4.57 kilos (10.08 lbs)
- Allen’s swamp monkey with a weight of 4.75 kilos (10.47 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a L’Hoest’s monkey
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as L’Hoest’s monkey:
- Black-tailed jackrabbit with a size of 48.4 cm (1′ 8″)
- Diademed sifaka with a size of 50.1 cm (1′ 8″)
- Mentawai langur with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- Ground cuscus with a size of 45.3 cm (1′ 6″)
- Tibetan macaque with a size of 60 cm (2′ 0″)
- Giant forest genet with a size of 57.2 cm (1′ 11″)
- Cacomistle with a size of 42.5 cm (1′ 5″)
- Grey-cheeked mangabey with a size of 51.9 cm (1′ 9″)
- Dusky pademelon with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Raffles’ banded langur with a size of 51.4 cm (1′ 9″)
Animals with the same litter size as a L’Hoest’s monkey
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a L’Hoest’s monkey:
- Olive colobus
- Himalayan tahr
- Moor macaque
- Banana pipistrelle
- Sharpe’s grysbok
- Maned sloth
- Royal antelope
- Woermann’s bat
- White-footed sportive lemur
- White-bellied spider monkey
Animals with the same life expectancy as a L’Hoest’s monkey
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a L’Hoest’s monkey:
- Black-mantled tamarin with an average maximal age of 15.17 years
- Striped polecat with an average maximal age of 13.33 years
- Iberian ibex with an average maximal age of 16 years
- Yellow mongoose with an average maximal age of 15.17 years
- Whiptail wallaby with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Impala with an average maximal age of 17.75 years
- Red-fronted gazelle with an average maximal age of 13.5 years
- Thylacine with an average maximal age of 13 years
- Cheetah with an average maximal age of 19 years
- Nile lechwe with an average maximal age of 18.67 years