It is hard to guess what a Dall’s porpoise weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Dall’s porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) on average weights 106.03 kg (233.75 lbs).
The Dall’s porpoise is from the family Phocoenidae (genus: Phocoenoides). They can live for up to 22 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 1.97 meter (6′ 6″).
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.
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
- Spectacled porpoise bringing 65 kilos (143.3 lbs) to the scale
- Australophocaena dioptrica bringing 65 kilos (143.3 lbs) to the scale
- Finless porpoise bringing 32.5 kilos (71.65 lbs) to the scale
- Vaquita bringing 43.11 kilos (95.04 lbs) to the scale
- Harbour porpoise bringing 52.72 kilos (116.23 lbs) to the scale
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:
- Sloth bear with a weight of 99.45 kilos (219.25 lbs)
- Baikal seal with a weight of 89.5 kilos (197.31 lbs)
- Marsh deer with a weight of 111.76 kilos (246.39 lbs)
- Lechwe with a weight of 88.02 kilos (194.05 lbs)
- Subantarctic fur seal with a weight of 92.21 kilos (203.29 lbs)
- Topi with a weight of 127.19 kilos (280.41 lbs)
- Naemorhedus sumatraensis with a weight of 110 kilos (242.51 lbs)
- Lesser kudu with a weight of 93.81 kilos (206.82 lbs)
- American black bear with a weight of 110.75 kilos (244.16 lbs)
- Peale’s dolphin with a weight of 120 kilos (264.55 lbs)
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:
- Juan Fernández fur seal with a size of 1.7 meter (5′ 7″)
- California sea lion with a size of 2.02 meter (6′ 8″)
- Common tsessebe with a size of 1.7 meter (5′ 7″)
- Marsh deer with a size of 1.72 meter (5′ 8″)
- Spectacled bear with a size of 1.77 meter (5′ 10″)
- Blue wildebeest with a size of 2.01 meter (6′ 8″)
- Amazon river dolphin with a size of 2.12 meter (7′ 0″)
- Bearded seal with a size of 2.3 meter (7′ 7″)
- South American fur seal with a size of 1.65 meter (5′ 6″)
- Sambar deer with a size of 2.04 meter (6′ 9″)
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Dall’s porpoise
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Dall’s porpoise:
- Desert warthog with an average maximal age of 18.75 years
- Giant forest hog with an average maximal age of 18 years
- Alpine ibex with an average maximal age of 22.25 years
- Indiana bat with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Lesser horseshoe bat with an average maximal age of 21 years
- Goodfellow’s tree-kangaroo with an average maximal age of 21 years
- Bongo (antelope) with an average maximal age of 19.42 years
- Red-rumped agouti with an average maximal age of 17.75 years
- Dusky leaf monkey with an average maximal age of 25 years
- Japanese serow with an average maximal age of 18.5 years