It is hard to guess what a Red ruffed lemur weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra) on average weights 3.87 kg (8.54 lbs).
The Red ruffed lemur is from the family Lemuridae (genus: Varecia). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 19.7 cm (0′ 8″).
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 ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra) is one of two species in the genus Varecia, the ruffed lemurs; the other is the black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata). Like all lemurs, it is native to Madagascar. It occurs only in the rainforests of Masoala, in the northeast of the island. It is one of the largest primates of Madagascar with a body length of 53 cm, a tail length of 60 cm and a weight of 3.3–3.6 kg. Its soft, thick fur is red and black in color and sports a buff or cream colored spot at the nape, but a few are known to have a white or pink patch on the back of the limbs or digits and a ring on the base of the tail in a similar color.
Animals of the same family as a Red ruffed lemur
We found other animals of the Lemuridae family:
- Greater bamboo lemur bringing 2.03 kilos (4.48 lbs) to the scale
- Mongoose lemur bringing 1.77 kilos (3.9 lbs) to the scale
- Ring-tailed lemur bringing 2.63 kilos (5.8 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
- Black lemur bringing 2.48 kilos (5.47 lbs) to the scale
- Lac Alaotra bamboo lemur bringing 1.62 kilos (3.57 lbs) to the scale
- Eastern lesser bamboo lemur with a weight of 936 grams
- Black-and-white ruffed lemur bringing 3.86 kilos (8.51 lbs) to the scale
- Sanford’s brown lemur bringing 2.39 kilos (5.27 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Red ruffed lemur
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Varecia rubra:
- Big hairy armadillo with a weight of 4.46 kilos (9.83 lbs)
- Bicolored-spined porcupine with a weight of 4.49 kilos (9.9 lbs)
- Hoary fox with a weight of 4.23 kilos (9.33 lbs)
- Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain with a weight of 3.11 kilos (6.86 lbs)
- Nine-banded armadillo with a weight of 3.98 kilos (8.77 lbs)
- Asian small-clawed otter with a weight of 3.53 kilos (7.78 lbs)
- Brown-throated sloth with a weight of 4 kilos (8.82 lbs)
- Verreaux’s sifaka with a weight of 3.61 kilos (7.96 lbs)
- Golden-crowned sifaka with a weight of 3.53 kilos (7.78 lbs)
- Western tree hyrax with a weight of 3.18 kilos (7.01 lbs)