It is hard to guess what a Tonkean macaque weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Tonkean macaque (Macaca tonkeana) on average weights 10.07 kg (22.2 lbs).
The Tonkean macaque is from the family Cercopithecidae (genus: Macaca). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 60 cm (2′ 0″).
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 Tonkean black macaque or Tonkean macaque (Macaca tonkeana) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is endemic to central Sulawesi and the nearby Togian Islands in Indonesia. It is threatened by habitat loss. Widespread mining in central Sulawesi is believed to exacerbating the problems of habitat loss.Tonkean Macaques are rather ape-like in appearance, and males are slightly larger than females. A handful of matriarchs enforces a relatively fluid and lenient pecking order. Tonkean macaques take effort in maintaining harmony in the group and practice conflict resolution to a great degree. Despite being pacifists, matrilines remain rigid and unchanging, even if they’re relaxed compared to other macaque species. However, this peacefulness does not extend to outside troops, and if two tonkean macaque troops cross paths, intense conflicts can arise. [1]
Animals of the same family as a Tonkean macaque
We found other animals of the Cercopithecidae family:
- Raffles’ banded langur bringing 7.02 kilos (15.48 lbs) to the scale
- Hamadryas baboon bringing 14.97 kilos (33 lbs) to the scale
- Japanese macaque bringing 10.11 kilos (22.29 lbs) to the scale
- Pig-tailed langur bringing 7.39 kilos (16.29 lbs) to the scale
- Booted macaque bringing 2.75 kilos (6.06 lbs) to the scale
- Thomas’s langur bringing 6.69 kilos (14.75 lbs) to the scale
- Delacour’s langur with a size of 57.7 cm (1′ 11″)
- Collared mangabey bringing 7.29 kilos (16.07 lbs) to the scale
- Dryas monkey bringing 2.78 kilos (6.13 lbs) to the scale
- Maroon leaf monkey bringing 6.37 kilos (14.04 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Tonkean macaque
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Macaca tonkeana:
- Red-shanked douc with a weight of 9.48 kilos (20.9 lbs)
- Black-footed gray langur with a weight of 10.03 kilos (22.11 lbs)
- African golden cat with a weight of 11.29 kilos (24.89 lbs)
- Western red colobus with a weight of 8.43 kilos (18.58 lbs)
- Agile wallaby with a weight of 11.86 kilos (26.15 lbs)
- Ocelot with a weight of 11.89 kilos (26.21 lbs)
- Golden jackal with a weight of 9.67 kilos (21.32 lbs)
- Aders’s duiker with a weight of 9.25 kilos (20.39 lbs)
- European badger with a weight of 11.89 kilos (26.21 lbs)
- Fossa (animal) with a weight of 9.5 kilos (20.94 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Tonkean macaque
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Tonkean macaque:
- Bridled nail-tail wallaby with a size of 52.5 cm (1′ 9″)
- Aardwolf with a size of 70.1 cm (2′ 4″)
- Raffles’ banded langur with a size of 51.4 cm (1′ 9″)
- Eastern falanouc with a size of 54.9 cm (1′ 10″)
- Grizzled tree-kangaroo with a size of 71.7 cm (2′ 5″)
- Gray fox with a size of 60.3 cm (2′ 0″)
- Java mouse-deer with a size of 51.4 cm (1′ 9″)
- Crested servaline genet with a size of 51.5 cm (1′ 9″)
- Tana River red colobus with a size of 56 cm (1′ 11″)
- White-tailed mongoose with a size of 57.3 cm (1′ 11″)