This is a list of large extant primate species that can be ordered by average weight or height range. There is no fixed definition of a large primate, so the length of the list is somewhat arbitrary.Size Influences on PrimateLocomotion and BodyShape, with SpecialEmphasis on theLocomotion of 'SmallMammals' In: Folia Primatologica Authors: H. Preuschoft, H. Witte, A. Christian, M. Fischer Date: 14 February 1996 Primates exhibit the highest levels of sexual dimorphism amongst mammals, with males generally being larger than females within the given size ranges. The size ranges describe typical values and may not include the full extremes among all observed specimens.
Mandrills and baboons are monkeys; the rest of the species on this list are apes. Typically, Old World monkeys (paleotropical) are larger than New World monkeys (neotropical); the reasons for this are not entirely understood but several hypotheses have been generated. As a rule, primate brains are "significantly larger" than those of other mammals with similar body sizes.
Largest primates Image Species Binomial name Weightrange (kg) Length (cm) Height (cm) Native area Family Range mapEastern gorilla Gorilla beringei70 (small female) –200 (large male)150 (female adult average) –185 (male adult average)150–195East AfricaHominidae Western gorilla Gorilla gorilla 58–200 150–170125 (female adult average)175 (male adult average)West AfricaHominidae Human Homo sapiens 59 (female adult average) 77 (male adult average) 159 (female adult average) 171 (male adult average) African origin with settlements worldwideHominidae Bornean orangutan Pongo pygmaeus 30–100 100–170 100–140BorneoHominidaeSumatran orangutan Pongo abelii 45–90 – 90–170SumatraHominidaeTapanuli orangutan Pongo tapanuliensis40 (female adult average)75 (male adult average)120–150120–150SumatraHominidae Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes 27–70 63–93 100–170 Sub-Saharan AfricaHominidaeBonobo Pan paniscus 34–60 70–83 110–119Sub-Saharan AfricaHominidaeMandrill Mandrillus sphinx 10–36 70–95 80West AfricaCercopithecidaeChacma baboon Papio ursinus 12–32 50–115 50–75Southern AfricaCercopithecidaeOlive baboon Papio anubis 10–24 50–114 55–70Sub-Saharan Africa Cercopithecidae
See also Largest wild canids List of largest land carnivorans Monkey Great apes List of heaviest land mammals Largest mammals Sexual dimorphism in non-human primates
References
Further reading
Body Mass in Lowland Gorillas: A Quantitative Analysis (2019)
External links AlltheWorldsPrimates.org