It is hard to guess what a Pied tamarin weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Pied tamarin (Saguinus bicolor) on average weights 465 grams (1.03 lbs).
The Pied tamarin is from the family Callitrichidae (genus: Saguinus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 23.9 cm (0′ 10″). Usually, Pied tamarins have 2 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 pied tamarin (Saguinus bicolor) is a critically endangered primate species found in a restricted area in the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest.
Animals of the same family as a Pied tamarin
We found other animals of the Callitrichidae family:
- White-footed tamarin with a weight of 457 grams
- Santarem marmoset with a weight of 375 grams
- Golden-headed lion tamarin with a weight of 573 grams
- Buffy-tufted marmoset with a weight of 387 grams
- Black lion tamarin with a weight of 656 grams
- White-headed marmoset with a weight of 342 grams
- Common marmoset with a weight of 291 grams
- Wied’s marmoset with a weight of 375 grams
- Black-mantled tamarin with a weight of 450 grams
- Superagüi lion tamarin with a weight of 605 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Pied tamarin
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Saguinus bicolor:
- Painted tree-rat bringing 519 grams to the scale
- Vanuatu flying fox bringing 396 grams to the scale
- Indonesian mountain weasel bringing 466 grams to the scale
- Sunda flying fox bringing 466 grams to the scale
- Short-furred Atlantic tree-rat bringing 439 grams to the scale
- Brazilian yellow-toothed cavy bringing 450 grams to the scale
- Short-tailed chinchilla bringing 499 grams to the scale
- Pygmy rabbit bringing 437 grams to the scale
- Cotton-top tamarin bringing 463 grams to the scale
- Social tuco-tuco bringing 400 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Pied tamarin
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Pied tamarin:
- Long-eared hedgehog with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Arizona gray squirrel with a size of 26.4 cm (0′ 11″)
- Richardson’s ground squirrel with a size of 21.1 cm (0′ 9″)
- Madagascan fruit bat with a size of 20.2 cm (0′ 8″)
- Silvery lutung with a size of 25.8 cm (0′ 11″)
- Big-headed African mole-rat with a size of 20.9 cm (0′ 9″)
- Chinese red pika with a size of 24.5 cm (0′ 10″)
- Conover’s tuco-tuco with a size of 25.8 cm (0′ 11″)
- Southern Plains woodrat with a size of 21.3 cm (0′ 9″)
- Horse-tailed squirrel with a size of 22.8 cm (0′ 9″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Pied tamarin
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Pied tamarin: