It is hard to guess what a Wied’s marmoset weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Wied’s marmoset (Callithrix kuhlii) on average weights 375 grams (0.83 lbs).
The Wied’s marmoset is from the family Callitrichidae (genus: Callithrix). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 24 cm (0′ 10″).
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.
Wied’s marmoset (Callithrix kuhlii), also known as Wied’s black-tufted-ear marmoset, is a New World monkey that lives in tropical and subtropical forests of eastern Brazil. Unlike other marmosets, Wied’s marmoset lives in groups consisting of 4 or 5 females and 2 or 3 males (plus children). They are matriarchal, and only the dominant female is allowed to mate. Like other marmosets, the offspring are always born in pairs.
Animals of the same family as a Wied’s marmoset
We found other animals of the Callitrichidae family:
- White-lipped tamarin with a weight of 509 grams
- Goeldi’s marmoset with a weight of 558 grams
- Pied tamarin with a weight of 465 grams
- Superagüi lion tamarin with a weight of 605 grams
- Golden-mantled tamarin with a weight of 385 grams
- Buffy-tufted marmoset with a weight of 387 grams
- Golden lion tamarin with a weight of 593 grams
- Common marmoset with a weight of 291 grams
- Red-handed tamarin with a weight of 541 grams
- Brown-mantled tamarin with a weight of 393 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Wied’s marmoset
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Callithrix kuhlii:
- Bower’s white-toothed rat bringing 355 grams to the scale
- Long-tailed armored tree-rat bringing 439 grams to the scale
- Short-furred Atlantic tree-rat bringing 439 grams to the scale
- San Luis tuco-tuco bringing 400 grams to the scale
- King rat (animal) bringing 420 grams to the scale
- Northern Idaho ground squirrel bringing 300 grams to the scale
- Merriam’s pocket gopher bringing 419 grams to the scale
- European hamster bringing 429 grams to the scale
- Allegheny woodrat bringing 447 grams to the scale
- Desert hedgehog bringing 396 grams to the scale