It is hard to guess what a Moustached guenon weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Moustached guenon (Cercopithecus cephus) on average weights 3.44 kg (7.59 lbs).
The Moustached guenon is from the family Cercopithecidae (genus: Cercopithecus). It is usually born with about 338 grams (0.75 lbs). They can live for up to 23 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 52 cm (1′ 9″). Usually, Moustached guenons 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 moustached guenon or moustached monkey (Cercopithecus cephus) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon.
Animals of the same family as a Moustached guenon
We found other animals of the Cercopithecidae family:
- Tana River red colobus bringing 8.07 kilos (17.79 lbs) to the scale
- Pig-tailed langur bringing 7.39 kilos (16.29 lbs) to the scale
- Black crested mangabey bringing 6.51 kilos (14.35 lbs) to the scale
- Allen’s swamp monkey bringing 4.75 kilos (10.47 lbs) to the scale
- Red-shanked douc bringing 9.48 kilos (20.9 lbs) to the scale
- Olive baboon bringing 17.73 kilos (39.09 lbs) to the scale
- Pygathrix bieti bringing 11 kilos (24.25 lbs) to the scale
- Moor macaque bringing 7.29 kilos (16.07 lbs) to the scale
- Sclater’s guenon bringing 3.07 kilos (6.77 lbs) to the scale
- Black-shanked douc bringing 10.33 kilos (22.77 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Moustached guenon
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Cercopithecus cephus:
- Southern naked-tailed armadillo with a weight of 4.06 kilos (8.95 lbs)
- Greater cane rat with a weight of 3.75 kilos (8.27 lbs)
- Cat with a weight of 2.88 kilos (6.35 lbs)
- Crested mona monkey with a weight of 3.58 kilos (7.89 lbs)
- Northern naked-tailed armadillo with a weight of 3.74 kilos (8.25 lbs)
- White-throated guenon with a weight of 3.44 kilos (7.58 lbs)
- Golden-crowned sifaka with a weight of 3.53 kilos (7.78 lbs)
- Campbell’s mona monkey with a weight of 3.63 kilos (8 lbs)
- Owston’s palm civet with a weight of 3.27 kilos (7.21 lbs)
- Black-rumped agouti with a weight of 2.9 kilos (6.39 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Moustached guenon
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Moustached guenon:
- Beech marten with a size of 46 cm (1′ 7″)
- Venezuelan red howler with a size of 56.1 cm (1′ 11″)
- Bahamian raccoon with a size of 46.2 cm (1′ 7″)
- Toque macaque with a size of 48 cm (1′ 7″)
- Liberian mongoose with a size of 45 cm (1′ 6″)
- Swift fox with a size of 50.5 cm (1′ 8″)
- American badger with a size of 56 cm (1′ 11″)
- Southern muriqui with a size of 57.8 cm (1′ 11″)
- Northern white-cheeked gibbon with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Black crested gibbon with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Moustached guenon
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Moustached guenon:
- Telefomin cuscus
- Northern glider
- Sinaloan mastiff bat
- L’Hoest’s monkey
- Kolan vole
- Doria’s tree-kangaroo
- Chacma baboon
- Frosted sac-winged bat
- Sumatran serow
- Gerenuk
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Moustached guenon
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Moustached guenon:
- Lechwe with an average maximal age of 18.5 years
- Gemsbok with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Alpine ibex with an average maximal age of 22.25 years
- Goitered gazelle with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Muskox with an average maximal age of 24 years
- Cotton-top tamarin with an average maximal age of 23.08 years
- Proboscis monkey with an average maximal age of 21 years
- Big brown bat with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Striped hyena with an average maximal age of 24 years
- Dusky leaf monkey with an average maximal age of 25 years