It is hard to guess what a Burmeister’s porpoise weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Burmeister’s porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis) on average weights 60 kg (132.27 lbs).
The Burmeister’s porpoise is from the family Phocoenidae (genus: Phocoena). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 1.52 meter (5′ 0″).
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.
Burmeister’s porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis) is a species of porpoise endemic to the coast of South America. It was first described by Hermann Burmeister, for whom the species is named, in 1865. Locally it is known as marsopa espinosa (thorny porpoise) and chancho marino (sea pig).
Animals of the same family as a Burmeister’s porpoise
We found other animals of the Phocoenidae family:
- Vaquita bringing 43.11 kilos (95.04 lbs) to the scale
- Australophocaena dioptrica bringing 65 kilos (143.3 lbs) to the scale
- Dall’s porpoise bringing 106.03 kilos (233.76 lbs) to the scale
- Harbour porpoise bringing 52.72 kilos (116.23 lbs) to the scale
- Finless porpoise bringing 32.5 kilos (71.65 lbs) to the scale
- Spectacled porpoise bringing 65 kilos (143.3 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Burmeister’s porpoise
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Phocoena spinipinnis:
- Bawean deer with a weight of 55 kilos (121.25 lbs)
- Mountain goat with a weight of 71.84 kilos (158.38 lbs)
- Dama gazelle with a weight of 71.42 kilos (157.45 lbs)
- Aardvark with a weight of 56.85 kilos (125.33 lbs)
- Yellow-backed duiker with a weight of 61.65 kilos (135.91 lbs)
- Cougar with a weight of 53.93 kilos (118.9 lbs)
- Ringed seal with a weight of 70.96 kilos (156.44 lbs)
- Himalayan tahr with a weight of 68.26 kilos (150.49 lbs)
- Harbour porpoise with a weight of 52.72 kilos (116.23 lbs)
- Bornean orangutan with a weight of 52.97 kilos (116.78 lbs)