How big does a Dall’s porpoise get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Dall’s porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) reaches an average size of 1.97 meter (6′ 6″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 22 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 106.03 kg (233.75 lbs). The Dall’s porpoise (genus: Phocoenoides) is a member of the family Phocoenidae.
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.
Dall’s porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) is a species of porpoise endemic to the North Pacific. It is the largest of porpoises and the only member of the genus Phocoenoides. The species is named after American naturalist W. H. Dall.
Animals of the same family as a Dall’s porpoise
We found other animals of the Phocoenidae family:
- Burmeister’s porpoise bringing 60 kilos (132.28 lbs) to the scale
- Australophocaena dioptrica bringing 65 kilos (143.3 lbs) to the scale
- Harbour porpoise with a size of 1.53 meter (5′ 1″)
- Spectacled porpoise bringing 65 kilos (143.3 lbs) to the scale
- Finless porpoise with an average maximal age of 23 years
- Vaquita with a size of 1.52 meter (5′ 0″)
Animals with the same size as a Dall’s porpoise
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Dall’s porpoise:
- Common tsessebe with a size of 1.7 meter (5′ 7″)
- Northern fur seal with a size of 1.74 meter (5′ 9″)
- Reindeer with a size of 2.23 meter (7′ 4″)
- Mountain nyala with a size of 2.25 meter (7′ 5″)
- Pantropical spotted dolphin with a size of 2.14 meter (7′ 1″)
- Pygmy hippopotamus with a size of 1.6 meter (5′ 3″)
- Arctocephalus forsteri with a size of 1.71 meter (5′ 8″)
- Harbor seal with a size of 1.61 meter (5′ 4″)
- Javan rusa with a size of 1.63 meter (5′ 5″)
- Saola with a size of 1.75 meter (5′ 9″)
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Dall’s porpoise
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Dall’s porpoise:
- Hector’s dolphin with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Springbok with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Platypus with an average maximal age of 22 years
- Straw-coloured fruit bat with an average maximal age of 21.75 years
- Bighorn sheep with an average maximal age of 24 years
- Greater kudu with an average maximal age of 23 years
- Bontebok with an average maximal age of 21.67 years
- Aardvark with an average maximal age of 24 years
- Mountain zebra with an average maximal age of 24 years
- Raccoon with an average maximal age of 20.83 years
Animals with the same weight as a Dall’s porpoise
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Phocoenoides dalli:
- Atlantic humpback dolphin with a weight of 100 kilos (220.46 lbs)
- Juan Fernández fur seal with a weight of 95 kilos (209.44 lbs)
- Nyala with a weight of 87.31 kilos (192.49 lbs)
- Atlantic spotted dolphin with a weight of 110 kilos (242.51 lbs)
- Guadalupe fur seal with a weight of 101.03 kilos (222.73 lbs)
- Eld’s deer with a weight of 94.7 kilos (208.78 lbs)
- Saola with a weight of 97.84 kilos (215.7 lbs)
- Spotted seal with a weight of 99.02 kilos (218.3 lbs)
- Peale’s dolphin with a weight of 120 kilos (264.55 lbs)
- Schomburgk’s deer with a weight of 107.63 kilos (237.28 lbs)