It is hard to guess what a Red lemur weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Red lemur (Eulemur rufus) on average weights 2.39 kg (5.28 lbs).
The Red lemur is from the family Lemuridae (genus: Eulemur). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 45.7 cm (1′ 6″).
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 lemur (Eulemur rufus), also known as the rufous brown lemur or northern red-fronted lemur, is a species of lemur from Madagascar. Until 2001, the species E. rufus was considered a subspecies of the common brown lemur, E. fulvus, after which it was classified as its own species. In December 2008, the species was split into two separate species, the red lemur, E. rufus, distributed in dry lowland forests in northwestern Madagascar, and the red-fronted lemur, E. rufifrons, distributed in southwest and eastern Madagascar. The species split was based on genetic and morphological evidence. Mitochondrial DNA analysis indicates that E. rufifrons may be more closely related to the Common Brown Lemur (E. fulvus), white-headed lemur (E. albifrons) and Sanford’s brown lemur (E. sanfordi) than it is to E. rufus.The red lemur’s range covers dry deciduous forests in southwestern Madagascar between the Betsiboka River to the north and the Tsiribihina River to the south. The Tsiribihina River forms the boundary between E. rufus, which lives north of the river, and E. rufifrons, which lives south of the river. It has a head and body length of 35 to 48 centimetres (14 to 19 in) and with a 45 to 55 centimetres (18 to 22 in) tail. Its weight ranges between 2.2 and 2.3 kilograms (4.9 and 5.1 lb). It has a gray coat and black face, muzzle and forehead, plus a black line from the muzzle to the forehead, with white eyebrow patches. Males have white or cream colored cheeks and beards, while females have rufous or cream cheeks and beards that are less bushy than males.The species is currently listed by the IUCN as Vulnerable. The most important threats to the species are hunting, as well as habitat destruction resulting from slash-and-burn agriculture, clearing of land for pasture, fuelwood gathering and logging. The hunting level is viewed as unsustainable.
Animals of the same family as a Red lemur
We found other animals of the Lemuridae family:
- Red ruffed lemur bringing 3.87 kilos (8.53 lbs) to the scale
- Lac Alaotra bamboo lemur bringing 1.62 kilos (3.57 lbs) to the scale
- Crowned lemur bringing 1.7 kilos (3.75 lbs) to the scale
- Greater bamboo lemur bringing 2.03 kilos (4.48 lbs) to the scale
- Sanford’s brown lemur bringing 2.39 kilos (5.27 lbs) to the scale
- Ring-tailed lemur bringing 2.63 kilos (5.8 lbs) to the scale
- Red-bellied lemur bringing 2.03 kilos (4.48 lbs) to the scale
- Black lemur bringing 2.48 kilos (5.47 lbs) to the scale
- Greater bamboo lemur bringing 2.04 kilos (4.5 lbs) to the scale
- Golden bamboo lemur bringing 1.57 kilos (3.46 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Red lemur
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Eulemur rufus:
- Mexican cottontail with a weight of 2.49 kilos (5.49 lbs)
- Jackson’s mongoose with a weight of 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs)
- Wolffsohn’s viscacha with a weight of 2.68 kilos (5.91 lbs)
- Equatorial saki with a weight of 2.38 kilos (5.25 lbs)
- Johnston’s genet with a weight of 2.23 kilos (4.92 lbs)
- Booted macaque with a weight of 2.75 kilos (6.06 lbs)
- Humboldt’s white-fronted capuchin with a weight of 2.52 kilos (5.56 lbs)
- Common brushtail possum with a weight of 2.69 kilos (5.93 lbs)
- Broom hare with a weight of 2.83 kilos (6.24 lbs)
- Burmese hare with a weight of 2.27 kilos (5 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Red lemur
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Red lemur:
- Red and white giant flying squirrel with a size of 41 cm (1′ 5″)
- Cape fox with a size of 53.4 cm (1′ 10″)
- Tufted capuchin with a size of 42.8 cm (1′ 5″)
- Humboldt’s white-fronted capuchin with a size of 38.4 cm (1′ 4″)
- Malayan porcupine with a size of 52.8 cm (1′ 9″)
- South American gray fox with a size of 51.9 cm (1′ 9″)
- Eastern cottontail with a size of 37.2 cm (1′ 3″)
- Sunda flying lemur with a size of 37.9 cm (1′ 3″)
- Vancouver Island marmot with a size of 46.7 cm (1′ 7″)
- Pig-tailed langur with a size of 49.9 cm (1′ 8″)