How big does a Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) reaches an average size of 2.37 meter (7′ 10″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). On birth they have a weight of 9.83 kg (21.67 lbs). The Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (genus: Tursiops) is a member of the family Delphinidae.
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 Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) is a species of bottlenose dolphin. This dolphin grows to 2.6 m (8.5 ft) long, and weighs up to 230 kg (510 lb). It lives in the waters around India, northern Australia, South China, the Red Sea, and the eastern coast of Africa. Its back is dark grey and its belly is lighter grey or nearly white with grey spots.Until 1998, all bottlenose dolphins were considered members of the single species T. truncatus. In that year, the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin was recognized as a separate species. The Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin is generally smaller than the common bottlenose dolphin, has a proportionately longer rostrum, and has spots on its belly and lower sides. It also has more teeth than the common bottlenose dolphin — 23 to 29 teeth on each side of each jaw compared to 21 to 24 for the common bottlenose dolphin. Some evidence shows the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin may actually be more closely related to certain dolphin species in the genera Stenella and Delphinus, especially the Atlantic spotted dolphin (S. frontalis), than it is to the common bottlenose dolphin.Much of the old scientific data in the field combine data about the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin and the common bottlenose dolphin into a single group, making it effectively useless in determining the structural differences between the two species. The IUCN lists the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin as “near threatened” in their Red List of endangered species.
Animals of the same family as a Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin
We found other animals of the Delphinidae family:
- Risso’s dolphin with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Hector’s dolphin with 1 babies per litter
- Killer whale with a size of 8.66 meter (28′ 5″)
- Pygmy killer whale with 1 babies per litter
- Hourglass dolphin bringing 110 kilos (242.51 lbs) to the scale
- White-beaked dolphin with a size of 3.05 meter (10′ 1″)
- Peale’s dolphin bringing 120 kilos (264.55 lbs) to the scale
- Pantropical spotted dolphin with a size of 2.14 meter (7′ 1″)
- Commerson’s dolphin with an average maximal age of 18 years
- Spinner dolphin with a size of 2.13 meter (7′ 0″)
Animals with the same size as a Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin:
- Sumatran rhinoceros with a size of 2.77 meter (9′ 2″)
- Polar bear with a size of 2 meter (6′ 7″)
- Mountain zebra with a size of 2.35 meter (7′ 9″)
- Moose with a size of 2.83 meter (9′ 4″)
- Dall’s porpoise with a size of 1.97 meter (6′ 6″)
- Hawaiian monk seal with a size of 2.24 meter (7′ 5″)
- Scimitar oryx with a size of 1.91 meter (6′ 4″)
- Banteng with a size of 2.08 meter (6′ 10″)
- Sambar deer with a size of 2.04 meter (6′ 9″)
- Common eland with a size of 2.66 meter (8′ 9″)