It is hard to guess what a Northern plains gray langur weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Northern plains gray langur (Semnopithecus entellus) on average weights 12.64 kg (27.87 lbs).
The Northern plains gray langur is from the family Cercopithecidae (genus: Semnopithecus). It is usually born with about 499 grams (1.1 lbs). They can live for up to 25 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 61 cm (2′ 1″). Usually, Northern plains gray langurs 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 northern plains gray langur (Semnopithecus entellus), also known as the sacred langur, Bengal sacred langur and Hanuman langur, is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.
Animals of the same family as a Northern plains gray langur
We found other animals of the Cercopithecidae family:
- Grey-cheeked mangabey bringing 7.39 kilos (16.29 lbs) to the scale
- Ursine colobus bringing 7.7 kilos (16.98 lbs) to the scale
- Pagai Island macaque bringing 4.53 kilos (9.99 lbs) to the scale
- Tibetan macaque bringing 10.6 kilos (23.37 lbs) to the scale
- Black crested mangabey bringing 6.51 kilos (14.35 lbs) to the scale
- Pennant’s colobus bringing 10.9 kilos (24.03 lbs) to the scale
- Mandrill bringing 16.74 kilos (36.91 lbs) to the scale
- Purple-faced langur bringing 7.53 kilos (16.6 lbs) to the scale
- Thollon’s red colobus with a size of 57 cm (1′ 11″)
- Tonkean macaque bringing 10.07 kilos (22.2 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Northern plains gray langur
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Semnopithecus entellus:
- Siamang with a weight of 10.9 kilos (24.03 lbs)
- Cape grysbok with a weight of 10.47 kilos (23.08 lbs)
- Side-striped jackal with a weight of 10.4 kilos (22.93 lbs)
- Proboscis monkey with a weight of 12.28 kilos (27.07 lbs)
- Crested porcupine with a weight of 13.4 kilos (29.54 lbs)
- Hamadryas baboon with a weight of 14.97 kilos (33 lbs)
- Clouded leopard with a weight of 15.02 kilos (33.11 lbs)
- Ocelot with a weight of 11.89 kilos (26.21 lbs)
- Wolverine with a weight of 12.8 kilos (28.22 lbs)
- African civet with a weight of 12.09 kilos (26.65 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Northern plains gray langur
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Northern plains gray langur:
- Cape fox with a size of 53.4 cm (1′ 10″)
- Pallas’s cat with a size of 57.6 cm (1′ 11″)
- Hose’s palm civet with a size of 60.1 cm (2′ 0″)
- Tana River red colobus with a size of 56 cm (1′ 11″)
- Philippine porcupine with a size of 54.2 cm (1′ 10″)
- Hoary fox with a size of 60.3 cm (2′ 0″)
- Aardwolf with a size of 69.7 cm (2′ 4″)
- White-sided jackrabbit with a size of 48.8 cm (1′ 8″)
- Black howler with a size of 55.9 cm (1′ 11″)
- Sunda pangolin with a size of 59 cm (2′ 0″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Northern plains gray langur
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Northern plains gray langur:
- Southern muriqui
- Sable antelope
- Argali
- Steenbok
- Melanomys caliginosus
- Eastern long-fingered bat
- Siberian musk deer
- Mountain goat
- Dent’s mona monkey
- Kuhl’s pipistrelle
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Northern plains gray langur
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Northern plains gray langur:
- Sea otter with an average maximal age of 30 years
- Moose with an average maximal age of 25 years
- Indian hog deer with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Sika deer with an average maximal age of 25.42 years
- Canada lynx with an average maximal age of 26.75 years
- Sooty mangabey with an average maximal age of 26.75 years
- Malayan porcupine with an average maximal age of 27.25 years
- North American river otter with an average maximal age of 25 years
- Brown long-eared bat with an average maximal age of 30 years
- Hector’s dolphin with an average maximal age of 20 years