Mammals ordered by birth weight

 

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Birth weight

grams

Blue whale2000000
Fin whale1800000
Humpback whale1350000
Bryde's whale1000000
Southern right whale910000
Bowhead900000
Northern right whale794328
Sei whale680000
Gray whale500000
Minke whale320000
Killer whale180000
Long-finned pilot whale109667
Asian elephant107000
African elephant105000
Pygmy sperm whale82000
Narwhal80000
Beluga66000
Walrus60000
Short-finned pilot whale60000
Giraffe58500
Indian rhinoceros58000
White rhinoceros52500
African buffalo44000
Southern elephant seal42500
Grevy's zebra40000
Hippopotamus40000
Northern elephant seal37500
Water buffalo37500
Black rhinoceros36500
Bactrian camel36000
Bearded seal35000
Mountain zebra35000
Burchell's zebra32000
Caribbean manatee32000
Leopard seal30000
Weddell seal29000
Dugong27500
Atlantic white-sided dolphin24000
European bison23375
Sumatran rhinoceros23000
Gaur23000
Ross seal20000
American bison20000
Bongo19800
Bottlenosed dolphin19350
Northern sea lion19000
Mediterranean monk seal19000
Blue wildebeest18125
Yak18000
Hooded seal18000
Hawaiian monk seal17000
Sable antelope16375
Okapi16000
Roan antelope15167
Greater kudu15000
Pacific white-sided dolphin14000
Gray seal14000
Moose12844
Southern sea lion12500
Amazonian manatee12500
Irrawaddy dolphin12300
Gemsbok12000
Guanaco11500
Muskox11460
Topi11100
Pere David's deer11000
Harbor seal11000
Black wildebeest11000
Ribbon seal10500
Scimitar-horned oryx10317
Red deer10100
Pantropical spotted dolphin10000
Striped dolphin10000
Sambar10000
Baird's tapir9400
Hartebeest9050
Waterbuck9000
Harp seal8700
Franciscana7900
Spotted seal7100
Australian sea lion7075
New Zealand sea lion7000
California sea lion7000
Harbor porpoise7000
Short-beaked saddleback dolphin7000
Finless porpoise7000
Amazon dolphin6800
Sassaby or blesbok6792
Commerson's dolphin6600
Caribou and reindeer6500
Malayan tapir6500
South African fur seal6200
Lesser kudu6000
Brazilian tapir6000
Antarctic fur seal6000
Ringed seal6000
Takin6000
Nilgai5875
Sika deer5750
Vicugna5740
Grant's gazelle5603
Addax5600
Impala5550
Kob5405
Northern fur seal5281
Nyala5233
Lechwe5100
Nile lechwe5100
Caspian seal5000
Pygmy hippopotamus4900
Eld's deer4750
Rhim gazelle4640
Aoudad4500
Fallow deer4500
Southern reedbuck4500
Sub-Antarctic fur seal4420
Bighorn sheep4400
Mountain tapir4270
South American fur seal4250
Marsh deer4200
Springbok4160
Sitatunga4000
Blackbuck3850
West Caucasian tur3850
New Zealand fur seal3833
Bushbuck3800
East Caucasian tur3788
Southern fur seal3500
Saiga3500
Argali3400
Mountain goat3200
Chital3144
White-tailed deer3000
Mountain reedbuck3000
Pronghorn3000
Baikal seal3000
Mule deer2950
Mongolian gazelle2900
Ibex2850
Dall's sheep2819
Goitered gazelle2625
Thomson's gazelle2600
Chamois2400
Yellow-backed duiker2400
Mountain gazelle2360
Oribi2235
Pampas deer2100
Gorilla2061
Goral2000
Himalayan tahr2000
Sea otter1868
Chimpanzee1821
Aardvark1800
Eastern roe deer1750
Orangutan1737
Zebra duiker1708
Dorcas gazelle1650
Bush duiker1612
Bay duiker1610
Giant anteater1600
Capybara1500
Spotted hyena1390
Pygmy chimpanzee or bonono1331
Lion1300
Speke's gazelle1253
Giant forest hog1250
Indian muntjac1223
Tiger1190
Klipspringer1130
African clawless otter1050
Reeves's muntjac1050
Four-horned antelope1044
Chinese water deer1042
Western roe deer1010
African porcupine1000
Javan pig1000
Wild boar960
Red-flanked duiker943
Steenbok920
Gray brocket919
Southern pudu900
Pacarana900
Maxwell's duiker832
Jaguar820
Hamadryas baboon814
Blue duiker800
Alpine musk deer800
Red river hog775
Drill772
Babirusa715
King colobus709
Collared peccary700
White-lipped peccary700
Striped hyena700
Brown hyena688
Gunther's dik-dik682
Paca680
Polar bear665
Wart hog660
Mandrill613
Chacoan peccary610
Kirk's dik-dik600
Patagonian cavy562
Leopard550
Red brocket539
European beaver530
Tibetan macaque525
Chinese forest musk deer524
Brown bear and grizzly bear510
Patas monkey505
Hanuman langur500
North American porcupine500
Japanese macaque496
Proboscis monkey490
Cheetah489
Mexican black howler monkey480
Stump-tailed macaque479
Snow leopard475
Diana monkey475
Gelada baboon464
Rhesus monkey464
Asiatic black bear463
Pigtail macaque463
Celebes crested macaque461
Siberian musk deer459
Francois' langur457
Black spider monkey453
Barbary macaque450
Gray wolf450
Toque macaque446
Old World porcupine445
Purple-faced leaf monkey432
American beaver430
Central American spider monkey426
Gray-cheeked mangabey425
Mantled howler monkey409
Prehensile-tailed porcupine408
Liontail macaque407
White-nosed guenon406
Hoffmann's two-toed sloth402
Sloth bear400
Cougar400
Guereza398
Douc langur394
Bonnet macaque394
African civet381
Tree hyrax380
Greater mouse-deer373
Black-cheeked white-nosed monkey371
Lesser mouse-deer370
Maned wolf368
Blue monkey366
Linne's two-toed sloth356
Cape porcupine351
Indian pangolin350
Moustached monkey340
Crowned guenon340
Sun bear325
Spectacled bear320
Long-tailed macaque320
Indian spotted chevrotain319
African wild dog318
Binturong318
White-handed gibbon307
Dusky leaf monkey300
Mona monkey284
American black bear278
Dhole275
Springhare275
Bobcat265
Serval263
Red howler monkey263
De Brazza's monkey260
Mountain viscacha260
Ocelot256
Asiatic golden cat250
Coyote250
African golden cat248
Lynx247
Brown capuchin240
Cuban hutia240
White-fronted capuchin233
White-faced capuchin230
Central American agouti227
Bush hyrax225
Nutria225
Allen's swamp monkey221
Honey badger210
Golden jackal208
Rock hyrax205
Canada lynx204
Talapoin204
Giant otter204
Plains viscacha200
Pygmy hog192
Black howler monkey188
Peruvian mountain viscacha180
Kinkajou175
Fishing cat170
Clouded leopard170
Margay167
Caracal165
Bush dog160
Black-backed jackal159
Brush-tailed porcupine150
Diademed sifaka145
Coatimundi140
White-nosed coati140
Northern river otter140
Crab-eating fox140
Jungle cat131
Cane rat129
Hairy armadillo128
Banded palm civet125
Bat-eared fox122
Monk saki121
European hare120
Cape hare118
Eurasian river otter111
Giant panda110
Aye-aye109
Mountain hare108
South American squirrel monkey107
Hispaniolan hutia106
Pichi105
Six-banded armadillo105
Red fox100
Marsh mongoose100
Lesser panda100
Wild cat100
Haitian solenodon100
Acouchi100
Fossa100
Lemurine night monkey98
Golden-crowned sifaka98
Leopard cat96
Wolverine95
Gray fox95
White-tailed jackrabbit94
American badger94
Chinese pangolin93
Common palm civet89
Northern night monkey89
Ruffed lemur87
Dusky titi86
Red-bellied lemur86
Marbled cat85
Guinea pig85
Black-tailed jack rabbit84
Tayra83
Brown lemur83
Owston's palm civet82
Golden-rumped elephant shrew80
Old World badger80
Gray-headed flying fox80
Bahamian hutia80
Common raccoon80
La Plata three-banded armadillo80
Small-spotted genet78
Black giant squirrel77
Rock cavy76
Raccoon dog75
Pale fox75
Black lemur75
Coppery titi74
Verreaux's sifaka72
Black-footed cat72
Large-spotted genet72
Ring-tailed lemur71
Crab-eating raccoon71
Crowned lemur70
Malagasy civet68
Common long-nosed armadillo66
Corsac fox63
Giant armadillo62
Snowshoe rabbit61
Brazilian guinea pig60
Indian fox59
Hog badger58
Oriental small-clawed otter57
Indian giant flying squirrel56
Sand cat56
Moluccan naked-backed fruit bat55
Golden lion tamarin55
Olingo55
African palm civet55
Mongoose lemur53
Straw-colored fruit bat50
Malagasy ring-tailed mongoose50
Narrow-striped mongoose50
Slow loris48
Goeldi's monkey48
Black-chested mustached tamarin47
Emperor tamarin47
Geoffroy's tamarin46
Small-eared galago46
Indian flying fox45
Riverine or bushman rabbit45
Old World rabbit45
Rodriguez flying fox45
Bamboo lemur45
Potto44
Silvery-brown bare-face tamarin44
Black-mantled tamarin44
Greater galago43
Red-chested mustached tamarin42
Eastern cottontail40
Banded linsang40
Yellow-toothed cavy40
Kit fox40
Swift fox40
Hammer-headed fruit bat40
Midas tamarin40
Saddlebacked tamarin40
Flying lemur (glider)39
Banded mongoose39
Cotton-top tamarin39
Common yellow-toothed cavy38
Bobak marmot36
Fisher35
Black-footed tree rat35
Audubon's cottontail rabbit35
Chinchilla35
Yellow-bellied marmot34
Striped skunk34
Four-toed elephant shrew31
European pine marten30
New England cottontail rabbit30
Ringtail30
Alpine marmot30
Sable30
Gundi30
American marten30
Meerkat29
Blanford's fox29
Brush rabbit28
White-tufted-ear marmoset27
Woodchuck27
Weasel sportive lemur27
Philippine tarsier26
Mountain beaver26
Javan mongoose26
Gambian rat26
Fennec26
Calabar angwantibo26
Cayenne spiny rat25
Western tarsier25
Greater hedgehog tenrec25
Cacomistle25
Allen's squirrel galago24
Golden-bellied water rat24
Armored rat24
Spectral tarsier24
Spiny rat23
Pygmy loris23
Muskrat23
Eastern European hedgehog22
Brazilian spiny rat21
Quaira spiny rat21
Tenrec21
East African mole rat20
Philippine tree shrew20
Giant mole-rat20
South African ground squirrel20
Fat-tailed dwarf lemur19
Chozchoz18
Greater dwarf lemur18
Peters's climbing rat17
Prevost's squirrel16
Black-tailed prairie dog16
Western European hedgehog15
Eastern fox squirrel15
Moonrat15
Striped polecat, zorilla15
Vlei rat15
Eastern gray squirrel15
Bushy-tailed woodrat14
Degus14
Smith's bush squirrel13
Tree shrew13
Eastern woodrat13
Leschenault's rousette12
Streaked tenrec12
Southern plains woodrat12
Abert's squirrel12
Senegal galago12
White-throated woodrat12
South African galago11
Rufous elephant shrew11
Great fruit-eating bat11
Greater short-nosed fruit bat11
Slender loris11
Hairy-tailed mole10
Long-eared desert hedgehog10
European polecat10
Spotted skunk10
Northern tree shrew10
Long-eared elephant shrew10
African pygmy (four-toed) hedgehog10
Green bush squirrel10
South African hedgehog10
Pen-tailed tree shrew10
Congo rope squirrel10
Red-tailed squirrel10
Small pika9
Eurasian red squirrel9
Collared pika9
Damaraland mole-rat9
North American pika9
African mole rat9
Lesser hedgehog tenrec8
Vampire bat8
Desert woodrat8
Rock squirrel8
Greater false vampire bat8
Tuco-tuco8
Cape mole-rat8
European mink8
Banner-tailed kangaroo rat8
Red squirrel7
Silvery mole-rat7
Black-bellied hamster7
Belding's ground squirrel7
Brown mouse lemur7
White-tailed mouse7
Lesser bamboo rat7
Northern palm squirrel7
Pale spear-nosed bat7
Golden spiny mouse7
Short-eared elephant shrew7
Gray mouse lemur6
Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel6
Jamaican fruit-eating bat6
Fat sand rat6
Hispid cotton rat6
Northern flying squirrel6
Golden-mantled ground squirrel6
Mouse-eared bat6
Greater horseshoe bat6
Richardson's ground squirrel6
Hoary bat6
Yellow-faced pocket gopher6
Norway rat6
Libyan jird5
Noctule5
Serotine5
European water vole5
Rat5
Eastern aquatic mole5
Plains pocket gopher5
Persian jird5
Japanese giant flying squirrel5
Great gerbil5
Bush rat5
Water vole5
Cape gerbil5
Geoffroy's tailless bat5
Spiny mouse5
Vesper rat5
Seba's short-tailed bat5
Ord's kangaroo rat5
Australian swamp rat5
Long-tailed mouse5
Mohave ground squirrel5
Nelson's antelope squirrel5
Shaw's jird4
Round-tailed ground squirrel4
Woodland mouse4
Collared lemming4
Siberian chipmunk4
White-naped weasel4
Big brown bat4
Woodland dormouse4
Harris's antelope squirrel4
Australian native mouse4
Richardson's collared lemming4
Norway lemming4
California mouse4
Townsend's chipmunk4
Dobson's long-tailed tenrec4
Heermann's kangaroo rat4
Nile kusu4
Talazaci's long-tailed tenrec4
Southern grasshopper mouse3
Acacia rat3
Wood lemming3
Desert kangaroo rat3
Four-striped grass mouse3
Rock mouse3
Cave myotis3
Pencil-tailed tree mouse3
Vinogradov's jird3
Common weasel3
Colorado chipmunk3
Arctic lemming3
Southern bog lemming3
Tullberg's rock rat3
Merriam's kangaroo rat3
Thirteen-lined ground squirrel3
Greater Egyptian gerbil3
House shrew3
Gray myotis3
Eastern chipmunk3
Botta's pocket gopher3
European mole, common mole3
Northern pocket gopher3
Tamarisk jird3
Yellow-pine chipmunk3
Pouched mouse3
Southern flying squirrel3
Golden mouse3
Vole3
Flat-headed vole3
New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat3
Northern grasshopper mouse3
Indian gerbil3
Australian hopping mouse3
Sundevall's jird3
Fresno kangaroo rat3
Long-tailed weasel3
White-tailed antelope squirrel3
Prairie vole3
Mongolian jird3
Cape short-eared gerbil3
Pallid bat3
Rafinesque's big-eared bat3
Brazilian free-tailed bat3
Pinyon mouse2
Korean field mouse2
Pale gerbil2
Tundra vole2
Woodland vole2
Great Basin pocket mouse2
Dzhungarian hamster2
Cactus mouse2
European pine vole2
Brandt's vole2
Little brown bat2
Highland gerbil mouse2
Naked mole-rat2
Fawn-colored mouse2
Old World wood and field mouse2
Meadow vole2
Greater red musk shrew2
Red-backed mouse2
Forest dormouse2
White-footed mouse2
Mediterranean pine vole2
Striped field mouse2
Lesser Egyptian jerboa2
Silver-haired bat2
Western broad-nosed bat2
Townsend's big-eared bat2
Ermine2
Western heather vole2
Golden hamster2
Florida mouse2
Fat mouse2
Deer mouse2
Yellow-necked mouse2
Oldfield mouse2
Striped dwarf hamster2
Typical striped grass mouse2
Field vole2
Least chipmunk2
Canyon mouse2
Common vole2
Evening bat2
Eastern heather vole2
Western jumping mouse1
Steppe lemming1
Western long-eared myotis1
Long-tailed pocket mouse1
Large-eared tenrec1
Eurasian water shrew1
Ryukyu mouse1
Black-striped scrub wallaby1
Common pipistrelle1
Ringtailed rock wallaby1
Vagrant shrew1
Hazel dormouse1
White-toothed shrew1
Red kangaroo1
Coarse-haired wombat1
Forest shrew1
Little pocket mouse1
Western gray kangaroo1
Eastern pipistrelle1
Woodland jumping mouse1
Lesser shrew1
Agile wallaby1
Parma wallaby1
Old World harvest mouse1
Black myotis1
Crowned shrew1
Mouse1
Wallaroo1
Short-tailed shrew1
Meadow jumping mouse1
Alston's brown mouse1
Northern pygmy mouse1
Southern water shrew1
Swamp wallaby1
Eastern gray kangaroo1
Western harvest mouse1
Antilopine wallaroo1
Fringed myotis1
Ornate shrew1
Desert hamster1
House mouse1
Bicolored white-toothed shrew1
Red-necked wallaby1
Hairy-nosed wombat1
Fat-tailed marsupial mouse0
Quoll0
Least shrew0
Shorttailed opossum0
Dormouse possum0
Woolly opossum0
Brindled bandicoot0
Tasmanian bettong0
Wongai ningaui0
White-toothed pygmy shrew0
Virginia opossum0
Pygmy gliding possum0
Potoroo0
Tasmanian devil0
Gray four-eyed opossum0
Eurasian shrew0
Greater gliding possum0
Southern brown bandicoot0
Koala0
Burrowing bettong0
Quokka0
Pilbara ningaui0
Murine mouse opossum0
Brush-tailed possum0
Tasmanian red-bellied pademelon0
Tammar wallaby0
Fat-tailed dunnart0
Long-nosed bandicoot0
Cinereus shrew0
Swamp antechinus0
Ring-tailed possum0
Short-nosed echidna0
Greater long-nosed bandicoot0
Woylie0
Paucident planigale0
Western quoll0
Robinson's mouse opossum0
Cinnamon antechinus0
Stripe-faced dunnart0
Sugar glider0
Brown antechinus0
Eurasian pygmy shrew0
Southern opossum0
Honey possum0

 

 

 

 

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