It is hard to guess what a Northern bottlenose whale weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus) on average weights 3391.68 kg (7477.37 lbs).
The Northern bottlenose whale is from the family Ziphiidae (genus: Hyperoodon). They can live for up to 37 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 8.79 meter (28′ 10″). Usually, Northern bottlenose whales 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 northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus) is a species of beaked whale in the ziphiid family, being one of two members of the genus Hyperoodon. The northern bottlenose whale was hunted heavily by Norway and Britain in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is one of the deepest-diving mammals known, reaching depths of 1,453 m (4,767 ft).
Animals of the same family as a Northern bottlenose whale
We found other animals of the Ziphiidae family:
- Berardius bringing 7000 kilos (15432.34 lbs) to the scale
- Shepherd’s beaked whale bringing 2500 kilos (5511.55 lbs) to the scale
- Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale bringing 1500 kilos (3306.93 lbs) to the scale
- Tropical bottlenose whale bringing 2200 kilos (4850.16 lbs) to the scale
- Gray’s beaked whale bringing 2900 kilos (6393.4 lbs) to the scale
- Hubbs’ beaked whale bringing 3400 kilos (7495.71 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
- Hector’s beaked whale bringing 1000 kilos (2204.62 lbs) to the scale
- Strap-toothed whale bringing 1500 kilos (3306.93 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Northern bottlenose whale
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Hyperoodon ampullatus:
- Sowerby’s beaked whale with a weight of 3400 kilos (7495.71 lbs)
- Hubbs’ beaked whale with a weight of 3400 kilos (7495.71 lbs)
- Asian elephant with a weight of 3294.9 kilos (7264 lbs)
- Southern bottlenose whale with a weight of 3000 kilos (6613.86 lbs)
- Steller’s sea cow with a weight of 4000 kilos (8818.48 lbs)
- Gray’s beaked whale with a weight of 2900 kilos (6393.4 lbs)
- African bush elephant with a weight of 3882.27 kilos (8558.93 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Northern bottlenose whale
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Northern bottlenose whale:
- Killer whale with a size of 8.66 meter (28′ 5″)
- Steller’s sea cow with a size of 7.63 meter (25′ 1″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Northern bottlenose whale
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Northern bottlenose whale:
- Mountain cuscus
- Müeller’s gibbon
- Black-tailed hutia
- Markhor
- Sharpe’s grysbok
- Sowerby’s beaked whale
- Hairy-fronted muntjac
- Forest giant squirrel
- Mongalla free-tailed bat
- Pallid bat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Northern bottlenose whale
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Northern bottlenose whale:
- Crabeater seal with an average maximal age of 39 years
- Sea otter with an average maximal age of 30 years
- Ring-tailed lemur with an average maximal age of 30 years
- Grivet with an average maximal age of 31.58 years
- Spotted hyena with an average maximal age of 41.08 years
- Hooded seal with an average maximal age of 35 years
- American black bear with an average maximal age of 32 years
- Bonnet macaque with an average maximal age of 30 years
- Anoa with an average maximal age of 36 years
- Ribbon seal with an average maximal age of 31 years