It is hard to guess what a Peale’s dolphin weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Peale’s dolphin (Lagenorhynchus australis) on average weights 120 kg (264.55 lbs).
The Peale’s dolphin is from the family Delphinidae (genus: Lagenorhynchus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 3.05 meter (10′ 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.
Peale’s dolphin (Lagenorhynchus australis) is a small dolphin found in the waters around Tierra del Fuego at the foot of South America. It is also commonly known as the black-chinned dolphin or even Peale’s black-chinned dolphin. However, since Rice’s work Peale’s dolphin has been adopted as the standard common name.
Animals of the same family as a Peale’s dolphin
We found other animals of the Delphinidae family:
- Melon-headed whale bringing 206 kilos (454.15 lbs) to the scale
- Commerson’s dolphin bringing 72.4 kilos (159.61 lbs) to the scale
- Northern right whale dolphin bringing 113 kilos (249.12 lbs) to the scale
- Short-finned pilot whale bringing 726 kilos (1600.55 lbs) to the scale
- Short-beaked common dolphin bringing 79.29 kilos (174.8 lbs) to the scale
- Pantropical spotted dolphin bringing 65.72 kilos (144.89 lbs) to the scale
- Hector’s dolphin bringing 50 kilos (110.23 lbs) to the scale
- Killer whale bringing 5629.17 kilos (12410.18 lbs) to the scale
- Long-finned pilot whale bringing 800 kilos (1763.7 lbs) to the scale
- Atlantic spotted dolphin bringing 110 kilos (242.51 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Peale’s dolphin
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Lagenorhynchus australis:
- Pacific white-sided dolphin with a weight of 109.85 kilos (242.18 lbs)
- Walia ibex with a weight of 99.77 kilos (219.95 lbs)
- Topi with a weight of 127.19 kilos (280.41 lbs)
- Bornean bearded pig with a weight of 135.4 kilos (298.51 lbs)
- Argali with a weight of 113.67 kilos (250.6 lbs)
- Schomburgk’s deer with a weight of 106 kilos (233.69 lbs)
- American black bear with a weight of 110.75 kilos (244.16 lbs)
- Sloth bear with a weight of 99.45 kilos (219.25 lbs)
- Llama with a weight of 107.66 kilos (237.35 lbs)
- Striped dolphin with a weight of 142.05 kilos (313.17 lbs)