It is hard to guess what a Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens) on average weights 1500 kg (3306.93 lbs).
The Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale is from the family Ziphiidae (genus: Mesoplodon). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 4.88 meter (16′ 1″).
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 ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens) is a poorly known species of whale even for a beaked whale, and was named for the unusual shape of its dual teeth. It is a fairly typical-looking species, but is notable for the males not having any scarring.
Animals of the same family as a Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale
We found other animals of the Ziphiidae family:
- Cuvier’s beaked whale bringing 4772.5 kilos (10521.55 lbs) to the scale
- Andrews’ beaked whale bringing 2600 kilos (5732.01 lbs) to the scale
- Stejneger’s beaked whale bringing 4800 kilos (10582.18 lbs) to the scale
- Northern bottlenose whale bringing 3391.68 kilos (7477.37 lbs) to the scale
- True’s beaked whale bringing 2100 kilos (4629.7 lbs) to the scale
- Pygmy beaked whale with a size of 3.72 meter (12′ 3″)
- Southern bottlenose whale bringing 3000 kilos (6613.86 lbs) to the scale
- Berardius bringing 7000 kilos (15432.34 lbs) to the scale
- Sowerby’s beaked whale bringing 3400 kilos (7495.71 lbs) to the scale
- Gervais’ beaked whale bringing 5600 kilos (12345.87 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Mesoplodon ginkgodens:
- Javan rhinoceros with a weight of 1740 kilos (3836.04 lbs)
- Strap-toothed whale with a weight of 1500 kilos (3306.93 lbs)
- Hippopotamus with a weight of 1528.16 kilos (3369.01 lbs)
- Southern elephant seal with a weight of 1600 kilos (3527.39 lbs)
- False killer whale with a weight of 1360 kilos (2998.28 lbs)
- Beluga whale with a weight of 1380.82 kilos (3044.18 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale:
- Blainville’s beaked whale with a size of 4.59 meter (15′ 1″)
- Narwhal with a size of 5.1 meter (16′ 9″)
- Andrews’ beaked whale with a size of 4.26 meter (14′ 0″)
- Beluga whale with a size of 4.25 meter (14′ 0″)
- Sowerby’s beaked whale with a size of 5.03 meter (16′ 7″)
- Common minke whale with a size of 5.53 meter (18′ 2″)
- True’s beaked whale with a size of 5.18 meter (17′ 0″)
- Northern giraffe with a size of 4.18 meter (13′ 9″)
- Hubbs’ beaked whale with a size of 5.4 meter (17′ 9″)
- Long-finned pilot whale with a size of 5.69 meter (18′ 9″)