It is hard to guess what a Southern right whale weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) on average weights 23000 kg (50706.26 lbs).
The Southern right whale is from the family Balaenidae (genus: Eubalaena). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 14.15 meter (46′ 6″).
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 right whale (Eubalaena australis) is a baleen whale, one of three species classified as right whales belonging to the genus Eubalaena.Approximately 10,000 southern right whales are spread throughout the southern part of the Southern Hemisphere.
Animals of the same family as a Southern right whale
We found other animals of the Balaenidae family:
- Bowhead whale bringing 79695.59 kilos (175698.49 lbs) to the scale
- North Atlantic right whale bringing 23000 kilos (50706.26 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Southern right whale
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Eubalaena australis:
- Bryde’s whale with a weight of 20000 kilos (44092.4 lbs)
- Gray whale with a weight of 27312.01 kilos (60212.6 lbs)
- Sei whale with a weight of 22103.13 kilos (48729 lbs)
- North Atlantic right whale with a weight of 23000 kilos (50706.26 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Southern right whale
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Southern right whale:
- Bryde’s whale with a size of 13.85 meter (45′ 6″)
- Bowhead whale with a size of 12.2 meter (40′ 1″)
- Humpback whale with a size of 12.87 meter (42′ 3″)
- Gray whale with a size of 11.84 meter (38′ 11″)
- North Atlantic right whale with a size of 13.92 meter (45′ 9″)
- Sperm whale with a size of 12.18 meter (40′ 0″)