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Tana River red colobus size: How big do they get?

How big does a Tana River red colobus get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Tana River red colobus (Piliocolobus rufomitratus) reaches an average size of 56 cm (1′ 11″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 8.03 kg (17.7 lbs). A Tana River red colobus has 1 babies at once. The Tana River 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 Tana River red colobus (Piliocolobus rufomitratus), also called the eastern red colobus, is a highly endangered species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is endemic to a narrow zone of gallery forest near the Tana River in southeastern Kenya.

Animals of the same family as a Tana River red colobus

We found other animals of the Cercopithecidae family:

Animals with the same size as a Tana River red colobus

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

Animals with the same litter size as a Tana River red colobus

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

Animals with the same weight as a Tana River red colobus

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