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How much does a Bearded seal weight?

It is hard to guess what a Bearded seal weights. But we have the answer:

An adult Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) on average weights 280 kg (617.29 lbs).

The Bearded seal is from the family Phocidae (genus: Erignathus). It is usually born with about 34.52 kg (76.1 lbs). They can live for up to 31.42 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 2.3 meter (7′ 7″). Usually, Bearded seals have 1 babies per litter.

As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.

The average adult weight of a Bearded seal is 280 kg (617.29 lbs)

The bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus), also called the square flipper seal, is a medium-sized pinniped that is found in and near to the Arctic Ocean. It gets its generic name from two Greek words (eri and gnathos) that refer to its heavy jaw. The other part of its Linnaean name means bearded and refers to its most characteristic feature, the conspicuous and very abundant whiskers. When dry, these whiskers curl very elegantly, giving the bearded seal a “raffish” look.Bearded seals are the largest northern phocid. They have been found to weigh as much as 300 kg with the females being the largest. However, male and female bearded seals are not very dimorphic.The only member of the genus Erignathus, the bearded seal is unique in that it is an intermediate. Bearded seals belong to the family Phocidae which contains two subfamilies: Phocinae and Monachinae. The bearded seal possesses characteristics of both of these subfamilies.Fossils first described in 2002 indicated that, during the Pleistocene epoch, bearded seals ranged as far south as South Carolina.

Animals of the same family as a Bearded seal

We found other animals of the Phocidae family:

Animals with the same weight as a Bearded seal

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Erignathus barbatus:

Animals with the same size as a Bearded seal

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Bearded seal:

Animals with the same litter size as a Bearded seal

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Bearded seal:

Animals with the same life expectancy as a Bearded seal

Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Bearded seal: