It is hard to guess what a Tropical bottlenose whale weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Tropical bottlenose whale (Indopacetus pacificus) on average weights 2200 kg (4850.16 lbs).
The Tropical bottlenose whale is from the family Ziphiidae (genus: Indopacetus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 8.7 cm (0′ 4″).
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 tropical bottlenose whale (Indopacetus pacificus), also known as the Indo-Pacific beaked whale and Longman’s beaked whale, was considered to be the world’s rarest cetacean until recently, but the spade-toothed whale now holds that position. As of 2010, the species is now known from nearly a dozen strandings and over 65 sightings.
Animals of the same family as a Tropical bottlenose whale
We found other animals of the Ziphiidae family:
- Blainville’s beaked whale bringing 2300 kilos (5070.63 lbs) to the scale
- Cuvier’s beaked whale bringing 4772.5 kilos (10521.55 lbs) to the scale
- Sowerby’s beaked whale bringing 3400 kilos (7495.71 lbs) to the scale
- Andrews’ beaked whale bringing 2600 kilos (5732.01 lbs) to the scale
- Berardius bringing 7000 kilos (15432.34 lbs) to the scale
- Gray’s beaked whale bringing 2900 kilos (6393.4 lbs) to the scale
- Southern bottlenose whale bringing 3000 kilos (6613.86 lbs) to the scale
- Gervais’ beaked whale bringing 5600 kilos (12345.87 lbs) to the scale
- Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale bringing 1500 kilos (3306.93 lbs) to the scale
- Pygmy beaked whale with a size of 3.72 meter (12′ 3″)
Animals with the same weight as a Tropical bottlenose whale
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Indopacetus pacificus:
- True’s beaked whale with a weight of 2100 kilos (4629.7 lbs)
- Andrews’ beaked whale with a weight of 2600 kilos (5732.01 lbs)
- Blainville’s beaked whale with a weight of 2300 kilos (5070.63 lbs)
- Shepherd’s beaked whale with a weight of 2500 kilos (5511.55 lbs)
- Indian rhinoceros with a weight of 1839.1 kilos (4054.52 lbs)
- White rhinoceros with a weight of 2272.97 kilos (5011.04 lbs)