It is hard to guess what a Olive colobus weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Olive colobus (Procolobus verus) on average weights 3.98 kg (8.77 lbs).
The Olive colobus is from the family Cercopithecidae (genus: Procolobus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 45.9 cm (1′ 7″). Usually, Olive colobuss 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 olive colobus monkey (Procolobus verus), also known as the green colobus or Van Beneden’s colobus, is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. Its English name refers to its dull olive upperparts. It is the smallest example of all colobine monkeys and is rarely observed in its natural habitat because of its cryptic coloration and secretive nature. It is found in the rain forests of West Africa, ranging from southern Sierra Leone to Nigeria. As of 2019, the IUCN Red List classifies the olive colobus as vulnerable (previously near threatened), with the cause of its decline attributed to habitat loss and hunting. Though much of the land within the range of the olive colobus has been affected by human activities, it retains its ability to thrive in small degraded forest fragments.
Animals of the same family as a Olive colobus
We found other animals of the Cercopithecidae family:
- Formosan rock macaque bringing 5.75 kilos (12.68 lbs) to the scale
- Japanese macaque bringing 10.11 kilos (22.29 lbs) to the scale
- Zanzibar red colobus bringing 7.16 kilos (15.79 lbs) to the scale
- Western red colobus bringing 8.43 kilos (18.58 lbs) to the scale
- Preuss’s red colobus bringing 8.91 kilos (19.64 lbs) to the scale
- Moor macaque bringing 7.29 kilos (16.07 lbs) to the scale
- Mantled guereza bringing 9.96 kilos (21.96 lbs) to the scale
- Moustached guenon bringing 3.44 kilos (7.58 lbs) to the scale
- Celebes crested macaque bringing 7.37 kilos (16.25 lbs) to the scale
- Allen’s swamp monkey bringing 4.75 kilos (10.47 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Olive colobus
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Procolobus verus:
- Hoary fox with a weight of 4.23 kilos (9.33 lbs)
- Common spotted cuscus with a weight of 4.06 kilos (8.95 lbs)
- Northern tamandua with a weight of 4.11 kilos (9.06 lbs)
- Southern naked-tailed armadillo with a weight of 4.06 kilos (8.95 lbs)
- Fisher (animal) with a weight of 3.75 kilos (8.27 lbs)
- Raccoon dog with a weight of 4.22 kilos (9.3 lbs)
- Southern tamandua with a weight of 4.73 kilos (10.43 lbs)
- Rothschild’s rock-wallaby with a weight of 4.55 kilos (10.03 lbs)
- Bay cat with a weight of 3.43 kilos (7.56 lbs)
- Godman’s rock-wallaby with a weight of 4.75 kilos (10.47 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Olive colobus
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Olive colobus:
- Kodkod with a size of 38.8 cm (1′ 4″)
- Asian small-clawed otter with a size of 51.6 cm (1′ 9″)
- Rio Tapajós saki with a size of 39.9 cm (1′ 4″)
- Tufted ground squirrel with a size of 40.6 cm (1′ 4″)
- Malayan porcupine with a size of 52.8 cm (1′ 9″)
- White-sided jackrabbit with a size of 48.8 cm (1′ 8″)
- Broom hare with a size of 50.2 cm (1′ 8″)
- Small-toothed palm civet with a size of 52.8 cm (1′ 9″)
- Southern naked-tailed armadillo with a size of 45.5 cm (1′ 6″)
- Tufted capuchin with a size of 42.8 cm (1′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Olive colobus
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Olive colobus: