It is hard to guess what a Tufted capuchin weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Tufted capuchin (Cebus apella) on average weights 2.76 kg (6.08 lbs).
The Tufted capuchin is from the family Cebidae (genus: Cebus). It is usually born with about 232 grams (0.51 lbs). They can live for up to 45.08 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 42.8 cm (1′ 5″). Usually, Tufted capuchins 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 tufted capuchin (Sapajus apella), also known as brown capuchin, black-capped capuchin, or pin monkey is a New World primate from South America. As traditionally defined, it is one of the most widespread primates in the Neotropics, but it has recently been recommended considering the black-striped, black and golden-bellied capuchins as separate species in a new genus, thereby effectively limiting the tufted capuchin to the Amazon basin and nearby regions.The tufted capuchin is an omnivorous animal, mostly feeding on fruits and invertebrates, although it sometimes feeds on small vertebrates (e.g. lizards and bird chicks) and other plant parts. It can be found in many different kinds of environment, including moist tropical and subtropical forest, dry forest, and disturbed or secondary forest.Like other capuchins, it is a social animal, forming groups of 8 to 15 individuals that are led by an alpha or dominant male.
Animals of the same family as a Tufted capuchin
We found other animals of the Cebidae family:
- Bald uakari bringing 3.42 kilos (7.54 lbs) to the scale
- White-footed saki bringing 2.8 kilos (6.17 lbs) to the scale
- Hershkovitz’s titi with a weight of 992 grams
- White-cheeked spider monkey bringing 6.24 kilos (13.76 lbs) to the scale
- Maués marmoset with a weight of 443 grams
- Peruvian night monkey with a weight of 800 grams
- Golden-backed uakari bringing 3.13 kilos (6.9 lbs) to the scale
- Three-striped night monkey with a weight of 912 grams
- Red-faced spider monkey bringing 8.7 kilos (19.18 lbs) to the scale
- Black bearded saki bringing 2.97 kilos (6.55 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Tufted capuchin
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Cebus apella:
- Red-rumped agouti with a weight of 3.02 kilos (6.66 lbs)
- Scrub hare with a weight of 2.6 kilos (5.73 lbs)
- Ground cuscus with a weight of 2.6 kilos (5.73 lbs)
- Hamlyn’s monkey with a weight of 2.31 kilos (5.09 lbs)
- Tehuantepec jackrabbit with a weight of 3 kilos (6.61 lbs)
- Black bearded saki with a weight of 2.97 kilos (6.55 lbs)
- Sand cat with a weight of 2.82 kilos (6.22 lbs)
- African brush-tailed porcupine with a weight of 2.88 kilos (6.35 lbs)
- Pallas’s cat with a weight of 3.05 kilos (6.72 lbs)
- Kalinowski’s agouti with a weight of 2.65 kilos (5.84 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Tufted capuchin
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Tufted capuchin:
- Northern brown bandicoot with a size of 35.4 cm (1′ 2″)
- Sunda flying lemur with a size of 37.9 cm (1′ 3″)
- Yarkand hare with a size of 39 cm (1′ 4″)
- Mountain cuscus with a size of 40.7 cm (1′ 5″)
- Black lemur with a size of 39.7 cm (1′ 4″)
- Wedge-capped capuchin with a size of 40.4 cm (1′ 4″)
- Humboldt’s hog-nosed skunk with a size of 35.4 cm (1′ 2″)
- Palawan stink badger with a size of 39 cm (1′ 4″)
- Black capuchin with a size of 43.5 cm (1′ 6″)
- Gilbert’s potoroo with a size of 34.9 cm (1′ 2″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Tufted capuchin
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Tufted capuchin:
- Mediterranean monk seal
- Polar bear
- Collared mangabey
- Angolan talapoin
- Black-mantled tamarin
- Hamlyn’s monkey
- Yellow baboon
- Chocolate wattled bat
- Jentink’s duiker
- Insular single leaf bat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Tufted capuchin
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Tufted capuchin:
- Spotted hyena with an average maximal age of 41.08 years
- Caspian seal with an average maximal age of 50 years
- Melon-headed whale with an average maximal age of 47 years
- Short-beaked echidna with an average maximal age of 50 years
- Wedge-capped capuchin with an average maximal age of 41 years
- Harp seal with an average maximal age of 42 years
- Bactrian camel with an average maximal age of 40 years
- Sloth bear with an average maximal age of 40 years
- Walrus with an average maximal age of 40 years
- Humboldt’s white-fronted capuchin with an average maximal age of 44 years