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. 2010 Jul 14;164(3):611–626. doi: 10.1007/s00442-010-1701-6

Table 2.

Species, body mass of males and females, and provenience of specimens included in this study

Family and species Body mass (kg)a Type Provenanceb
Male Female
Lorisoidea
 Galago senegalensis mohili 0.2 0.2 Captive 1
Lemuroidea
 Avahi laniger 1.0 1.3 Wild 2
 Cheirogaleus major 0.4 0.4 Wild 2
 D. madagascariensis 2.6 2.5 Captive 1
 Eulemur fulvus albifrons 2.0 2.2 Captive 1
 E. fulvus rufus 2.2 2.3 Wild 4
 E. macaco flavifrons 2.4 2.5 Captive 1
 E. mongoz 1.6 1.6 Captive 1
 L. catta 3.6 3.5 Captive 1
 Indri indri 5.6 6.3 Wild 4
 Microcebus griseorufus 0.05 0.06 Wild 3
 M. murinus 0.1 0.1 Captive 1
 M. rufus 0.1 0.1 Wild 2
 Propithecus coquereli verreauxi 3.7 4.3 Captive 1
 P. diadema 5.9 6.3 Wild
 P. verreauxi 3.3 3.0 Wild 3
 V. variagata 3.5 3.5 Captive 1
Ceboidea
 Alouatta paliatta 6.5 4.2 Wild 6–8
 A. geoffroyi 7.8 7.3 Wild 6,7
 C. capucinus 3.7 2.5 Wild 6,7
Cercopithecoidea
 Cercopithecus ascanius 3.7 2.9 Wild 9
 Chlorocebus aethiops 5.0 3.5 Captive 10
 Lophocebus albigena 8.3 6.0 Wild 9
 M. mulatta 11 8.8 Wild 11
 Papio anubis 25.1 13.3 Wild 9
 P. badius 8.4 8.2 Wild 9
 S. entellus 19.2 14.8 Captive 10
Hominoidea
 Gorilla gorilla 170.4 71.5 Captive 10
 Homo sapiens 72.1 62.1 Captive 12
 Hylobates moloch 6.6 6.3 Captive 10
 Pan paniscus 42.7 33.7 Captive 10
 P. troglodytes 59.7 45.8 Wild 9
 P. troglodytes 59.7 45.8 Captive 10
 Pongo pygmaeus 78.5 35.8 Captive 10

aMass estimates are based on Smith and Jungers 1997 (H. sapiens = Danish values), excepting M. griseorufus (Génin 2008)

bSources: (1) Duke Lemur Center; (2) S.M. Karpanty, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar, samples collected from raptor nests; (3) Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve; Madagascar, (4) L.R. Godfrey; (5) P.C. Wright; (6) Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica, (7) El Zota Research Station, Costa Rica, (8) K.E. Glander; (9) M.E. Carter; (10) Department of Anthropology, UC Santa Cruz; (11) O’Regan et al. 2008; (12) O’Connell et al. 2001