It is hard to guess what a Spectacled porpoise weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica) on average weights 65 kg (143.3 lbs).
The Spectacled porpoise is from the family Phocoenidae (genus: Phocoena). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 1.72 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 spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica) is a rarely seen member of the porpoise family. The species is readily distinguished from other porpoises by a characteristic dark ring around the eyes, which gives the animals their name. This ring is commonly surrounded by a farther lighter ring.
Animals of the same family as a Spectacled porpoise
We found other animals of the Phocoenidae family:
- Finless porpoise bringing 32.5 kilos (71.65 lbs) to the scale
- Burmeister’s porpoise bringing 60 kilos (132.28 lbs) to the scale
- Vaquita bringing 43.11 kilos (95.04 lbs) to the scale
- Australophocaena dioptrica bringing 65 kilos (143.3 lbs) to the scale
- Harbour porpoise bringing 52.72 kilos (116.23 lbs) to the scale
- Dall’s porpoise bringing 106.03 kilos (233.76 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Spectacled porpoise
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Phocoena dioptrica:
- Dama gazelle with a weight of 71.42 kilos (157.45 lbs)
- Sitatunga with a weight of 75.28 kilos (165.96 lbs)
- Abbott’s duiker with a weight of 56.68 kilos (124.96 lbs)
- Arabian oryx with a weight of 75.43 kilos (166.29 lbs)
- Iberian ibex with a weight of 60.55 kilos (133.49 lbs)
- Grant’s gazelle with a weight of 55 kilos (121.25 lbs)
- Cougar with a weight of 53.93 kilos (118.9 lbs)
- West Caucasian tur with a weight of 60.73 kilos (133.89 lbs)
- Homo sapiens with a weight of 58.62 kilos (129.23 lbs)
- Australophocaena dioptrica with a weight of 65 kilos (143.3 lbs)