It is hard to guess what a Tucuxi weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis) on average weights 42.82 kg (94.4 lbs).
The Tucuxi is from the family Delphinidae (genus: Sotalia). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 9.8 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 tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis), alternatively known in Peru bufeo gris or bufeo negro, is a species of freshwater dolphin found in the rivers of the Amazon basin. The word tucuxi is derived from the Tupi language word tuchuchi-ana, and has now been adopted as the species’ common name. Despite being found in geographic locations similar to those of ‘true’ river dolphins such as the boto, the tucuxi is not closely related to them genetically. Instead, it is classed in the oceanic dolphin family (Delphinidae).Physically, the species resembles the bottlenose dolphins, but differs sufficiently to be placed in a separate genus, Sotalia. The Guiana dolphin (Sotalia guianensis), a related dolphin present in coastal and estuarine environments and formerly grouped together with the tucuxi, have recently been recognized as a distinct species.
Animals of the same family as a Tucuxi
We found other animals of the Delphinidae family:
- Hourglass dolphin bringing 110 kilos (242.51 lbs) to the scale
- Northern right whale dolphin bringing 113 kilos (249.12 lbs) to the scale
- Short-beaked common dolphin bringing 79.29 kilos (174.8 lbs) to the scale
- Melon-headed whale bringing 206 kilos (454.15 lbs) to the scale
- Hector’s dolphin bringing 50 kilos (110.23 lbs) to the scale
- Chilean dolphin bringing 45 kilos (99.21 lbs) to the scale
- Southern right whale dolphin bringing 116 kilos (255.74 lbs) to the scale
- Pacific white-sided dolphin bringing 109.85 kilos (242.18 lbs) to the scale
- Striped dolphin bringing 142.05 kilos (313.17 lbs) to the scale
- Dusky dolphin bringing 127.25 kilos (280.54 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Tucuxi
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sotalia fluviatilis:
- Giant muntjac with a weight of 36.69 kilos (80.89 lbs)
- Saiga antelope with a weight of 37.57 kilos (82.83 lbs)
- Visayan spotted deer with a weight of 46.48 kilos (102.47 lbs)
- Hector’s dolphin with a weight of 50 kilos (110.23 lbs)
- Goat with a weight of 47.14 kilos (103.93 lbs)
- Galápagos fur seal with a weight of 39.47 kilos (87.02 lbs)
- Japanese serow with a weight of 42.6 kilos (93.92 lbs)
- Spinner dolphin with a weight of 50.5 kilos (111.33 lbs)
- Japanese serow with a weight of 43.03 kilos (94.86 lbs)
- Red gazelle with a weight of 40 kilos (88.18 lbs)