How much does a Patas monkey weight?

It is hard to guess what a Patas monkey weights. But we have the answer:

An adult Patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas) on average weights 7.99 kg (17.61 lbs).

The Patas monkey is from the family Cercopithecidae (genus: Erythrocebus). It is usually born with about 623 grams (1.37 lbs). They can live for up to 23.83 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 66.5 cm (2′ 3″). Usually, Patas 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.

The patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas), also known as the wadi monkey or hussar monkey, is a ground-dwelling monkey distributed over semi-arid areas of West Africa, and into East Africa. It was formerly considered the only member of the genus Erythrocebus, but the Blue Nile patas monkey, previously synonymized with this species, was resurrected in 2018.

Source: Wikipedia

Animals of the same family as a Patas monkey

We found other animals of the Cercopithecidae family:

Celebes crested macaque bringing 7.37 kilos (16.25 lbs) to the scale
De Brazza’s monkey bringing 5.32 kilos (11.73 lbs) to the scale
Dryas monkey bringing 2.78 kilos (6.13 lbs) to the scale
Pennant’s colobus bringing 9.16 kilos (20.19 lbs) to the scale
Pagai Island macaque bringing 4.53 kilos (9.99 lbs) to the scale
Grivet bringing 3.86 kilos (8.51 lbs) to the scale
Mantled guereza bringing 9.96 kilos (21.96 lbs) to the scale
Zanzibar red colobus bringing 7.16 kilos (15.79 lbs) to the scale
Tibetan macaque bringing 10.6 kilos (23.37 lbs) to the scale
Sykes’ monkey with 1 babies per litter

Animals with the same weight as a Patas monkey

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Erythrocebus patas:

Crab-eating raccoon with a weight of 6.94 kilos (15.3 lbs)
North American porcupine with a weight of 7.42 kilos (16.36 lbs)
Jungle cat with a weight of 7.16 kilos (15.79 lbs)
Preuss’s red colobus with a weight of 8.87 kilos (19.55 lbs)
Bolivian red howler with a weight of 6.61 kilos (14.57 lbs)
Malayan civet with a weight of 7.35 kilos (16.2 lbs)
Red-shanked douc with a weight of 9.48 kilos (20.9 lbs)
Patagonian mara with a weight of 8.03 kilos (17.7 lbs)
Agile mangabey with a weight of 7.11 kilos (15.67 lbs)
Matschie’s tree-kangaroo with a weight of 8.31 kilos (18.32 lbs)

Animals with the same size as a Patas monkey

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Patas monkey:

Gray snub-nosed monkey with a size of 70.7 cm (2′ 4″)
Angola colobus with a size of 56.5 cm (1′ 11″)
Bonobo with a size of 75.3 cm (2′ 6″)
Silvery gibbon with a size of 67.6 cm (2′ 3″)
Margay with a size of 60 cm (2′ 0″)
Red-handed howler with a size of 55.1 cm (1′ 10″)
Eastern falanouc with a size of 54.9 cm (1′ 10″)
Jaguarundi with a size of 70.1 cm (2′ 4″)
Stump-tailed macaque with a size of 60 cm (2′ 0″)
Lion-tailed macaque with a size of 54.7 cm (1′ 10″)

Animals with the same litter size as a Patas monkey

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Patas monkey:

Animals with the same life expectancy as a Patas monkey

Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Patas monkey:

Straw-coloured fruit bat with an average maximal age of 21.75 years
Bontebok with an average maximal age of 21.67 years
Anoa with an average maximal age of 22.5 years
Naemorhedus sumatraensis with an average maximal age of 21 years
Allen’s swamp monkey with an average maximal age of 23 years
Scimitar oryx with an average maximal age of 20.42 years
Bald uakari with an average maximal age of 27 years
Short-beaked common dolphin with an average maximal age of 20 years
Asian palm civet with an average maximal age of 22.42 years
Tana River mangabey with an average maximal age of 21 years