It is hard to guess what a Rough-toothed dolphin weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis) on average weights 130 kg (286.6 lbs).
The Rough-toothed dolphin is from the family Delphinidae (genus: Steno). They can live for up to 32 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 2.44 meter (8′ 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 rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis) is a species of dolphin that can be found in deep warm and tropical waters around the world.The species was first described by Georges Cuvier in 1823. The genus name Steno, of which this species is the only member, comes from the Greek for ‘narrow’, referring to the animal’s beak — which is a diagnostic characteristic of the species. The specific name honours van Breda, who studied Cuvier’s writings. There are no recognised subspecies.
Animals of the same family as a Rough-toothed dolphin
We found other animals of the Delphinidae family:
- Commerson’s dolphin bringing 72.4 kilos (159.61 lbs) to the scale
- Tucuxi bringing 42.82 kilos (94.4 lbs) to the scale
- Atlantic humpback dolphin bringing 100 kilos (220.46 lbs) to the scale
- Southern right whale dolphin bringing 116 kilos (255.74 lbs) to the scale
- Chilean dolphin bringing 45 kilos (99.21 lbs) to the scale
- Northern right whale dolphin bringing 113 kilos (249.12 lbs) to the scale
- Killer whale bringing 5629.17 kilos (12410.18 lbs) to the scale
- Pacific white-sided dolphin bringing 109.85 kilos (242.18 lbs) to the scale
- Long-finned pilot whale bringing 800 kilos (1763.7 lbs) to the scale
- Common bottlenose dolphin bringing 281.02 kilos (619.54 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Rough-toothed dolphin
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Steno bredanensis:
- Sumatran serow with a weight of 110.94 kilos (244.58 lbs)
- American black bear with a weight of 110.75 kilos (244.16 lbs)
- Naemorhedus sumatraensis with a weight of 110 kilos (242.51 lbs)
- California sea lion with a weight of 137.6 kilos (303.36 lbs)
- Mountain tapir with a weight of 155.46 kilos (342.73 lbs)
- Western gorilla with a weight of 113.29 kilos (249.76 lbs)
- Baiji with a weight of 112.07 kilos (247.07 lbs)
- Schomburgk’s deer with a weight of 107.63 kilos (237.28 lbs)
- Dusky dolphin with a weight of 127.25 kilos (280.54 lbs)
- Reindeer with a weight of 108.73 kilos (239.71 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Rough-toothed dolphin
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Rough-toothed dolphin:
- Common bottlenose dolphin with a size of 2.83 meter (9′ 4″)
- Moose with a size of 2.83 meter (9′ 4″)
- Red deer with a size of 2.14 meter (7′ 1″)
- Sambar deer with a size of 2.04 meter (6′ 9″)
- Kouprey with a size of 2.18 meter (7′ 2″)
- Dwarf sperm whale with a size of 2.16 meter (7′ 1″)
- Ross seal with a size of 2.07 meter (6′ 10″)
- Striped dolphin with a size of 2.3 meter (7′ 7″)
- South American sea lion with a size of 2.12 meter (7′ 0″)
- Amazon river dolphin with a size of 2.12 meter (7′ 0″)
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Rough-toothed dolphin
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Rough-toothed dolphin:
- Greater horseshoe bat with an average maximal age of 30 years
- Hooded seal with an average maximal age of 35 years
- South Asian river dolphin with an average maximal age of 28 years
- Brown woolly monkey with an average maximal age of 30 years
- Rhesus macaque with an average maximal age of 36 years
- Angolan talapoin with an average maximal age of 30.83 years
- Tiger with an average maximal age of 26.25 years
- Sumatran rhinoceros with an average maximal age of 35 years
- Ryukyu flying fox with an average maximal age of 31 years
- Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth with an average maximal age of 27.75 years