It is hard to guess what a Southern bottlenose whale weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Southern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon planifrons) on average weights 3000 kg (6613.86 lbs).
The Southern bottlenose whale is from the family Ziphiidae (genus: Hyperoodon). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 6.7 meter (22′ 0″).
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 southern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon planifrons) is a species of whale, in the Ziphiid family, one of two members of the genus Hyperoodon. Seldom observed, the southern bottlenose whale is resident in Antarctic waters. The species was first described by English zoologist William Henry Flower in 1882, based on a water-worn skull from Lewis Island, in the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia.
Animals of the same family as a Southern bottlenose whale
We found other animals of the Ziphiidae family:
- Gray’s beaked whale bringing 2900 kilos (6393.4 lbs) to the scale
- True’s beaked whale bringing 2100 kilos (4629.7 lbs) to the scale
- Stejneger’s beaked whale bringing 4800 kilos (10582.18 lbs) to the scale
- Berardius bringing 7000 kilos (15432.34 lbs) to the scale
- Pygmy beaked whale with a size of 3.72 meter (12′ 3″)
- Shepherd’s beaked whale bringing 2500 kilos (5511.55 lbs) to the scale
- Hubbs’ beaked whale bringing 3400 kilos (7495.71 lbs) to the scale
- Strap-toothed whale bringing 1500 kilos (3306.93 lbs) to the scale
- Andrews’ beaked whale bringing 2600 kilos (5732.01 lbs) to the scale
- Gervais’ beaked whale bringing 5600 kilos (12345.87 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Southern bottlenose whale
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Hyperoodon planifrons:
- Sowerby’s beaked whale with a weight of 3400 kilos (7495.71 lbs)
- Northern bottlenose whale with a weight of 3391.68 kilos (7477.37 lbs)
- Asian elephant with a weight of 3294.9 kilos (7264 lbs)
- Gray’s beaked whale with a weight of 2900 kilos (6393.4 lbs)
- Andrews’ beaked whale with a weight of 2600 kilos (5732.01 lbs)
- Hubbs’ beaked whale with a weight of 3400 kilos (7495.71 lbs)
- Shepherd’s beaked whale with a weight of 2500 kilos (5511.55 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Southern bottlenose whale
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Southern bottlenose whale:
- Long-finned pilot whale with a size of 5.69 meter (18′ 9″)
- Hubbs’ beaked whale with a size of 5.4 meter (17′ 9″)
- Gervais’ beaked whale with a size of 6.71 meter (22′ 1″)
- Short-finned pilot whale with a size of 6.1 meter (20′ 1″)
- Stejneger’s beaked whale with a size of 6.09 meter (20′ 0″)
- Steller’s sea cow with a size of 7.63 meter (25′ 1″)
- Common minke whale with a size of 5.53 meter (18′ 2″)