📸 PhotoPhoto: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Gelada
Theropithecus gelada (Gelada · ゲラダヒヒ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 A male's maximum weight of 21 kg is similar to one 20 kg bag of rice (Comparison).
- 💡 Because green grass blades make up 93% of its diet in the wet season, it can be thought of as a monkey that mainly grazes on lawn grass.
- 💡 Past records show that farmers hunted this monkey for food during the dry season (ADW, Economic Importance for Humans: Positive).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Gelada is a grass-eating monkey living in the highland grasslands of Ethiopia, marked by a hairless red patch on its chest.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
It has a short snout, wide nostrils, and short brown fur. Both males and females have a triangular hairless patch of skin on the chest outlined by white hair.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It mainly eats grass blades, seeds, and rhizomes, and green grass blades make up 93% of its diet during the wet season. One male and several females form a unit, and multiple units gather to form bands.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2025) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21744/274974485
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • mammaldiversity.org — 1000635
- • iucnredlist.org — 274974485
- • wikidata.org — Q194080
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Southern gelada (Theropithecus gelada obscura) female w
- • animaldiversity.org — Theropithecus gelada
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Kai R. Caspar · CC BY 3.0
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.