It is hard to guess what a Peruvian night monkey weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Peruvian night monkey (Aotus miconax) on average weights 800 grams (1.76 lbs).
The Peruvian night monkey is from the family Cebidae (genus: Aotus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 30.5 cm (1′ 1″).
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 Peruvian night monkey (Aotus miconax), also known as the Andean night monkey, is a nocturnal New World monkey endemic to northern Peru. Adults weigh around 1 kg (2.2 lb) and measure up to 50 cm (20 in) in length. Its colour is grey to light brown with characteristic black and white markings on the face. The chest, belly and upper arms are orange tinged, however, to a lesser extent then Aotus nigriceps.The species is one of the least known and possibly rarest Neotropical primates. This species is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN and endangered under Peruvian Law.The Peruvian night monkey is also one of the least studied of all primates. The only data that exists about this species are museum specimens, sighting records and very basic ecological information. The species is thought to inhabit areas of cloud forest at 900–2,800 m (3,000–9,200 ft) above sea level in the departments of Amazonas, Huanuco and San Martin, and in border regions of neighboring departments.
Animals of the same family as a Peruvian night monkey
We found other animals of the Cebidae family:
- Southern muriqui bringing 10.57 kilos (23.3 lbs) to the scale
- Gray-bellied night monkey with a weight of 873 grams
- Bolivian red howler bringing 6.61 kilos (14.57 lbs) to the scale
- Brown howler bringing 5.19 kilos (11.44 lbs) to the scale
- White-faced saki bringing 1.67 kilos (3.68 lbs) to the scale
- Guatemalan black howler bringing 7.19 kilos (15.85 lbs) to the scale
- Black bearded saki bringing 2.97 kilos (6.55 lbs) to the scale
- Bare-eared squirrel monkey with a weight of 888 grams
- White-footed saki bringing 2.8 kilos (6.17 lbs) to the scale
- Red-handed howler bringing 6.17 kilos (13.6 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Peruvian night monkey
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Aotus miconax:
- Gray-bellied night monkey bringing 873 grams to the scale
- Moluccan flying fox bringing 728 grams to the scale
- Black lion tamarin bringing 656 grams to the scale
- Ring-tailed vontsira bringing 815 grams to the scale
- Angolan slender mongoose bringing 750 grams to the scale
- Moonrat bringing 787 grams to the scale
- Long-nosed bandicoot bringing 720 grams to the scale
- Northern greater galago bringing 812 grams to the scale
- Cuban solenodon bringing 806 grams to the scale
- Three-striped night monkey bringing 912 grams to the scale