It is hard to guess what a Northern right whale dolphin weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Northern right whale dolphin (Lissodelphis borealis) on average weights 113 kg (249.12 lbs).
The Northern right whale dolphin is from the family Delphinidae (genus: Lissodelphis). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 1.7 meter (5′ 8″).
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 right whale dolphin (Lissodelphis borealis) is a small, slender and finless species of cetacean found in cold/ temperate waters of the North Pacific Ocean. It is one of two species of right whale dolphins.
Animals of the same family as a Northern right whale dolphin
We found other animals of the Delphinidae family:
- Killer whale bringing 5629.17 kilos (12410.18 lbs) to the scale
- Chilean dolphin bringing 45 kilos (99.21 lbs) to the scale
- Striped dolphin bringing 142.05 kilos (313.17 lbs) to the scale
- Dusky dolphin bringing 127.25 kilos (280.54 lbs) to the scale
- Pacific white-sided dolphin bringing 109.85 kilos (242.18 lbs) to the scale
- Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin with a size of 2.37 meter (7′ 10″)
- Southern right whale dolphin bringing 116 kilos (255.74 lbs) to the scale
- Melon-headed whale bringing 206 kilos (454.15 lbs) to the scale
- Rough-toothed dolphin bringing 130 kilos (286.6 lbs) to the scale
- False killer whale bringing 1360 kilos (2998.28 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Northern right whale dolphin
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Lissodelphis borealis:
- Sloth bear with a weight of 99.45 kilos (219.25 lbs)
- Amazon river dolphin with a weight of 121.22 kilos (267.24 lbs)
- Asian black bear with a weight of 99.81 kilos (220.04 lbs)
- Saola with a weight of 97.84 kilos (215.7 lbs)
- Atlantic humpback dolphin with a weight of 100 kilos (220.46 lbs)
- Llama with a weight of 107.66 kilos (237.35 lbs)
- Topi with a weight of 127.19 kilos (280.41 lbs)
- Southern right whale dolphin with a weight of 116 kilos (255.74 lbs)
- Antarctic fur seal with a weight of 96.6 kilos (212.97 lbs)
- Naemorhedus sumatraensis with a weight of 110 kilos (242.51 lbs)