It is hard to guess what a Red-faced spider monkey weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Red-faced spider monkey (Ateles paniscus) on average weights 8.7 kg (19.19 lbs).
The Red-faced spider monkey is from the family Cebidae (genus: Ateles). It is usually born with about 479 grams (1.06 lbs). They can live for up to 37.75 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 57.6 cm (1′ 11″). Usually, Red-faced spider 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 red-faced spider monkey (Ateles paniscus) also known as the Guiana spider monkey or red-faced black spider monkey, is a species of spider monkey found in the rain forests in northern South America.The species faces issues with hunting and habitat loss, so is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Redlist.
Animals of the same family as a Red-faced spider monkey
We found other animals of the Cebidae family:
- White-nosed saki bringing 2.8 kilos (6.17 lbs) to the scale
- Maués marmoset with a weight of 443 grams
- Venezuelan red howler bringing 6.41 kilos (14.13 lbs) to the scale
- Gray-bellied night monkey with a weight of 873 grams
- Red-bellied titi with a weight of 962 grams
- Southern muriqui bringing 10.57 kilos (23.3 lbs) to the scale
- Three-striped night monkey with a weight of 912 grams
- Rio Tapajós saki bringing 2.31 kilos (5.09 lbs) to the scale
- Central American squirrel monkey with a weight of 714 grams
- Hershkovitz’s titi with a weight of 992 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Red-faced spider monkey
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Ateles paniscus:
- Goodfellow’s tree-kangaroo with a weight of 7.98 kilos (17.59 lbs)
- Celebes crested macaque with a weight of 7.37 kilos (16.25 lbs)
- Western brush wallaby with a weight of 8 kilos (17.64 lbs)
- Lowland paca with a weight of 8.18 kilos (18.03 lbs)
- Dusky leaf monkey with a weight of 7.18 kilos (15.83 lbs)
- Black-footed gray langur with a weight of 10.03 kilos (22.11 lbs)
- Mountain paca with a weight of 9 kilos (19.84 lbs)
- Pudú with a weight of 9.6 kilos (21.16 lbs)
- Hog badger with a weight of 8.17 kilos (18.01 lbs)
- Tonkin snub-nosed monkey with a weight of 9.09 kilos (20.04 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Red-faced spider monkey
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Red-faced spider monkey:
- Preuss’s red colobus with a size of 57.9 cm (1′ 11″)
- Delacour’s langur with a size of 57.7 cm (1′ 11″)
- White-tailed mongoose with a size of 57.3 cm (1′ 11″)
- Bay cat with a size of 55 cm (1′ 10″)
- Brown howler with a size of 51.5 cm (1′ 9″)
- Greater mouse-deer with a size of 56.2 cm (1′ 11″)
- Black howler with a size of 55.9 cm (1′ 11″)
- Purple-faced langur with a size of 58.5 cm (2′ 0″)
- Blue monkey with a size of 57.5 cm (1′ 11″)
- Hoary fox with a size of 60.3 cm (2′ 0″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Red-faced spider monkey
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Red-faced spider monkey:
- Bush vlei rat
- Antillean fruit-eating bat
- Schreber’s yellow bat
- Red-tailed squirrel
- Atlantic titi
- Lowland mosaic-tailed rat
- Blue monkey
- Grivet
- Red-rumped agouti
- Montane guinea pig
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Red-faced spider monkey
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Red-faced spider monkey:
- Angolan talapoin with an average maximal age of 30.83 years
- Wedge-capped capuchin with an average maximal age of 41 years
- Black crested gibbon with an average maximal age of 44.08 years
- Anoa with an average maximal age of 36 years
- Toque macaque with an average maximal age of 35 years
- Rough-toothed dolphin with an average maximal age of 32 years
- Sloth bear with an average maximal age of 40 years
- Diana monkey with an average maximal age of 37.25 years
- Burchell’s zebra with an average maximal age of 40 years
- Harbor seal with an average maximal age of 40 years