Wale und Delphine

CETACEANS SIZE COMPARISON CHART

Species Length (m) Species Length (m)
Blue whale 21-27 Fin whale 18-22
Bowhead whale 14-18 Northern/Southern Right whale 11-18
Sperm whale 11-18 Sei whale 12-16
Humpback whale 11.5-15 Bryde's whale 11.5-14.5
Gray whale 12-14 Baird's Beaked whale 10.7-12.8
Minke whale 7-10 Killer whale 5.5-9.8
Arnoux's Beaked whale 7.8-9.7 Northern Bottlenose whale 7-9
Longman's Beaked whale 7-7.5 Southern Bottlenose whale 6-7.5
Shepherd's Beaked whale 6-7 Cuvier's Beaked whale 5.5-7
Pygmy Right whale 5.5-6.5 Short-finned Pilot whale 3.6-6.5
Strap-toothed whale 5-6.2 Blainsville's Beaked whale 4.5-6
False Killer whale 4.3-6 Long-finned Pilot whale 3.8-6
Gray's Beaked whale 4.5-5.6 Hubb's Beaked whale 5-5.3
Stejneger's Beaked whale 5-5.3 True's Beaked whale 4.9-5.3
Ginkgo-toothed Beaked whale 4.7-5.2 Gervais' beaked whale 4.5-5.2
Narwhal 3.8-5 Beluga 3-5
Sowersby's Beaked whale 4-5 Andrew's Beaked whale 4-4.7
Hector's Beaked whale 4-4.5 Lesser Beaked whale 3.4-3.7
Bottlenose dolphin 1.9-3.9 Risso's dolphin 2.6-3.8
Pygmy Sperm whale 2.7-3.4 Northern Right Whale dolphin 2-3
Southern Right Whale dolphin 1.8-2.9 White-beaked dolphin 2.5-2.8
Indo-Pacific Hump-backed dolphin 2-2.8 Melon-Headed whale 2.1-2.7
Dwarf Sperm whale 2.1-2.7 Pygmy Killer whale 2.1-2.6
Irrawaddy dolphin 2.1-2.6 Rough-toothed dolphin 2.1-2.6
Fraser's dolphin 2-2.6 Atlantic Hump-backed dolphin 2-2.5
Atlantic White-sided dolphin 1.9-2.5 Striped dolphin 1.8-2.5
Boto 1.8-2.5 Indu/Ganges River dolphins 1.5-2.5
Baiji 1.4-2.5 Pacific White-sided dolphin 1.7-2.4
Pantropical Spotted dolphin 1.7-2.4 Common dolphin 1.7-2.4
Atlantic Spotted dolphin 1.7-2.3 Peale's dolphin 2-2.2
Dall's porpoise 1.7-2.2 Spectacled porpoise 1.3-2.2
Dusky dolphin 1.6-2.1 Long-snouted Spinner dolphin 13-2.1
Short-snouted Spinner dolphin 1.7-2 Burmeister's Porpoise 1.4-2
Harbor porpoise 1.4-1.9 Finless porpoise 1.2-1.9
Hourglass dolphin 1.6-1.8 Tucuxi 1.3-1.8
Heaviside's dolphin 1.6-1.7 Commerson's dolphin 1.3-1.7
Franciscana 1.3-1.7 Black dolphin 1.2-1.7
Hector's dolphin 1.2-1.5 Vaquita 1.2-1.5

Quelle: ISAS

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