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How much does a Red slender loris weight?

It is hard to guess what a Red slender loris weights. But we have the answer:

An adult Red slender loris (Loris tardigradus) on average weights 249 grams (0.55 lbs).

The Red slender loris is from the family Loridae (genus: Loris). It is usually born with about 11 grams (0.02 lbs). They can live for up to 16.33 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 22.4 cm (0′ 9″). Usually, Red slender loriss 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 average adult weight of a Red slender loris is 249 grams (0.55 lbs)

The red slender loris (Loris tardigradus) is a small, nocturnal strepsirrhine primate native to the rainforests of Sri Lanka. This is #6 of the 10 focal species and #22 of the 100 EDGE mammal species worldwide considered the most evolutionarily distinct and globally endangered. Two subspecies have been identified, L. t. tardigradus and L. t. nycticeboides.

Animals of the same family as a Red slender loris

We found other animals of the Loridae family:

Animals with the same weight as a Red slender loris

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Loris tardigradus:

Animals with the same size as a Red slender loris

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Red slender loris:

Animals with the same litter size as a Red slender loris

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Red slender loris:

Animals with the same life expectancy as a Red slender loris

Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Red slender loris: