It is hard to guess what a Tibetan macaque weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Tibetan macaque (Macaca thibetana) on average weights 10.6 kg (23.36 lbs).
The Tibetan macaque is from the family Cercopithecidae (genus: Macaca). It is usually born with about 500 grams (1.1 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 60 cm (2′ 0″). Usually, Tibetan macaques 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 Tibetan macaque (Macaca thibetana), also known as the Chinese stump-tailed macaque or Milne-Edwards’ macaque, is found from eastern Tibet east to Guangdong and north to Shaanxi in China. It has also been reported from northeastern India. This species lives in subtropical forests (mixed deciduous to evergreen) at altitudes from 800 to 2,500 m (2,600 to 8,200 ft) above sea level.
Animals of the same family as a Tibetan macaque
We found other animals of the Cercopithecidae family:
- Wolf’s mona monkey bringing 3.26 kilos (7.19 lbs) to the scale
- Pennant’s colobus bringing 9.16 kilos (20.19 lbs) to the scale
- Angola colobus bringing 8.99 kilos (19.82 lbs) to the scale
- Black crested mangabey bringing 6.51 kilos (14.35 lbs) to the scale
- Black colobus bringing 9.1 kilos (20.06 lbs) to the scale
- Black snub-nosed monkey bringing 11 kilos (24.25 lbs) to the scale
- Ursine colobus bringing 7.7 kilos (16.98 lbs) to the scale
- Pig-tailed langur bringing 7.39 kilos (16.29 lbs) to the scale
- Phayre’s leaf monkey bringing 7.69 kilos (16.95 lbs) to the scale
- Hamlyn’s monkey bringing 2.31 kilos (5.09 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Tibetan macaque
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Macaca thibetana:
- Black-footed gray langur with a weight of 10.03 kilos (22.11 lbs)
- Nilgiri langur with a weight of 10.6 kilos (23.37 lbs)
- Preuss’s red colobus with a weight of 8.87 kilos (19.55 lbs)
- Mountain paca with a weight of 9 kilos (19.84 lbs)
- Whiptail wallaby with a weight of 12.67 kilos (27.93 lbs)
- Serval with a weight of 11.9 kilos (26.23 lbs)
- Black-headed spider monkey with a weight of 9.07 kilos (20 lbs)
- Angola colobus with a weight of 8.99 kilos (19.82 lbs)
- Pennant’s colobus with a weight of 9.16 kilos (20.19 lbs)
- Red-faced spider monkey with a weight of 8.7 kilos (19.18 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Tibetan macaque
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Tibetan macaque:
- White-fronted surili with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- Golden snub-nosed monkey with a size of 64.7 cm (2′ 2″)
- Preuss’s red colobus with a size of 57.9 cm (1′ 11″)
- Formosan rock macaque with a size of 56 cm (1′ 11″)
- Bobcat with a size of 69.1 cm (2′ 4″)
- Jaguarundi with a size of 70.1 cm (2′ 4″)
- Toque macaque with a size of 48 cm (1′ 7″)
- Arctic fox with a size of 56.4 cm (1′ 11″)
- Southern river otter with a size of 59 cm (2′ 0″)
- White-tailed jackrabbit with a size of 51.3 cm (1′ 9″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Tibetan macaque
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Tibetan macaque: