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Preuss’s red colobus size: How big do they get?

How big does a Preuss’s red colobus get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Preuss’s red colobus (Piliocolobus preussi) reaches an average size of 57.9 cm (1′ 11″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 8.87 kg (19.54 lbs). A Preuss’s red colobus has 1 babies at once. The Preuss’s red colobus (genus: Piliocolobus) is a member of the family Cercopithecidae.

As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.

The average adult size of a Preuss's red colobus is (1' 11

Preuss’s red colobus (Piliocolobus preussi) is a red colobus primate species endemic to the Cross-Sanaga Rivers ecoregion. An important population occurs in Korup National Park, Southwest Province, Cameroon, but the species’ distribution is localized (groups are frequently encountered near the main tourist camps). The species is considered present in adjacent Cross River National Park – Oban Division in Nigeria and hunter reports suggest that few groups remain in Nkwende Hills and Nta Ali Forest Reserve in the broader Korup region. A population is also present in Ebo forest, Littoral Province of Cameroon.

Animals of the same family as a Preuss’s red colobus

We found other animals of the Cercopithecidae family:

Animals with the same size as a Preuss’s red colobus

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Preuss’s red colobus:

Animals with the same litter size as a Preuss’s red colobus

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Preuss’s red colobus:

Animals with the same weight as a Preuss’s red colobus

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Piliocolobus preussi: