It is hard to guess what a Pygathrix bieti weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Pygathrix bieti (Pygathrix bieti) on average weights 11 kg (24.25 lbs).
The Pygathrix bieti is from the family Cercopithecidae (genus: Pygathrix). It is usually born with about 426 grams (0.94 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 71.8 cm (2′ 5″).
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.
Animals of the same family as a Pygathrix bieti
We found other animals of the Cercopithecidae family:
- Ursine colobus bringing 7.7 kilos (16.98 lbs) to the scale
- Southern pig-tailed macaque bringing 7.85 kilos (17.31 lbs) to the scale
- Hamlyn’s monkey bringing 2.31 kilos (5.09 lbs) to the scale
- Formosan rock macaque bringing 5.75 kilos (12.68 lbs) to the scale
- Tana River mangabey bringing 7.08 kilos (15.61 lbs) to the scale
- Black-crested Sumatran langur bringing 6.45 kilos (14.22 lbs) to the scale
- Collared mangabey bringing 7.29 kilos (16.07 lbs) to the scale
- Western red colobus bringing 8.43 kilos (18.58 lbs) to the scale
- Dent’s mona monkey with 1 babies per litter
- Angola colobus bringing 8.99 kilos (19.82 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Pygathrix bieti
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Pygathrix bieti:
- Pennant’s colobus with a weight of 9.16 kilos (20.19 lbs)
- Marine otter with a weight of 11.2 kilos (24.69 lbs)
- East Javan langur with a weight of 9.72 kilos (21.43 lbs)
- Siamang with a weight of 10.84 kilos (23.9 lbs)
- Pacarana with a weight of 12.5 kilos (27.56 lbs)
- Western long-beaked echidna with a weight of 8.95 kilos (19.73 lbs)
- Black colobus with a weight of 9.1 kilos (20.06 lbs)
- Dwarf musk deer with a weight of 12.39 kilos (27.32 lbs)
- Black-striped wallaby with a weight of 11.23 kilos (24.76 lbs)
- Northern plains gray langur with a weight of 12.64 kilos (27.87 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Pygathrix bieti
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Pygathrix bieti:
- Blue duiker with a size of 69.2 cm (2′ 4″)
- Bush dog with a size of 62.6 cm (2′ 1″)
- Smooth-coated otter with a size of 78.8 cm (2′ 8″)
- Jaguarundi with a size of 70.4 cm (2′ 4″)
- Fossa (animal) with a size of 72.7 cm (2′ 5″)
- Blue monkey with a size of 57.5 cm (1′ 11″)
- Mantled guereza with a size of 62.5 cm (2′ 1″)
- Bay duiker with a size of 84.9 cm (2′ 10″)
- Spotted-necked otter with a size of 59.4 cm (2′ 0″)
- Southern muriqui with a size of 57.8 cm (1′ 11″)