It is hard to guess what a White-cheeked spider monkey weights. But we have the answer:
An adult White-cheeked spider monkey (Ateles marginatus) on average weights 6.24 kg (13.75 lbs).
The White-cheeked spider monkey is from the family Cebidae (genus: Ateles). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 46 cm (1′ 7″).
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 white-cheeked spider monkey (Ateles marginatus) is a species of spider monkey, a type of New World monkey, endemic to Brazil. It moves around the forest canopy in small family groups of two to four, part of larger groups of a few dozen animals. This monkey feeds on leaves, flowers, fruits, bark, honey and small insects, and it is an important means of seed dispersal for forest trees. Females give birth after a 230-day gestation period. The population of this monkey is decreasing as its forest habitat is lost to soybean production, deforestation and road construction. It is also regarded as a delicacy and hunted for food. For these reasons, the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed the animal’s conservation status as being “endangered”.
Animals of the same family as a White-cheeked spider monkey
We found other animals of the Cebidae family:
- Yellow-tailed woolly monkey bringing 8.27 kilos (18.23 lbs) to the scale
- Three-striped night monkey with a weight of 912 grams
- Venezuelan red howler bringing 6.41 kilos (14.13 lbs) to the scale
- Bald uakari bringing 3.42 kilos (7.54 lbs) to the scale
- Atlantic titi bringing 1.39 kilos (3.06 lbs) to the scale
- Colombian white-faced capuchin bringing 3.01 kilos (6.64 lbs) to the scale
- Brumback’s night monkey with a weight of 603 grams
- Spix’s night monkey with a weight of 873 grams
- White-nosed saki bringing 2.8 kilos (6.17 lbs) to the scale
- Ashy black titi with a weight of 992 grams
Animals with the same weight as a White-cheeked spider monkey
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Ateles marginatus:
- Brown dorcopsis with a weight of 5.39 kilos (11.88 lbs)
- Malayan civet with a weight of 7.35 kilos (16.2 lbs)
- Bonnet macaque with a weight of 5 kilos (11.02 lbs)
- Tasmanian pademelon with a weight of 5.85 kilos (12.9 lbs)
- Lion-tailed macaque with a weight of 6 kilos (13.23 lbs)
- Agile mangabey with a weight of 7.11 kilos (15.67 lbs)
- Black crested mangabey with a weight of 6.51 kilos (14.35 lbs)
- Desmarest’s hutia with a weight of 5.2 kilos (11.46 lbs)
- Bolivian red howler with a weight of 6.61 kilos (14.57 lbs)
- Hoolock gibbon with a weight of 6.7 kilos (14.77 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a White-cheeked spider monkey
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as White-cheeked spider monkey:
- Woolly flying squirrel with a size of 45.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- Brazilian porcupine with a size of 46.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- Matschie’s tree-kangaroo with a size of 53.8 cm (1′ 10″)
- Bay cat with a size of 55 cm (1′ 10″)
- Raccoon dog with a size of 44.8 cm (1′ 6″)
- Northern white-cheeked gibbon with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Northern naked-tailed armadillo with a size of 41.6 cm (1′ 5″)
- Asian small-clawed otter with a size of 51.6 cm (1′ 9″)
- Monk saki with a size of 41.1 cm (1′ 5″)
- Granada hare with a size of 45.9 cm (1′ 7″)