Mammals sorted by adult weight

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The mammals listed on this page are sorted by their birth weight. Not all mammals are listed, only the ones where we know their weight at birth. You can for example get the answer to 'how much does a ... weigh at birth?'. If you want to add anything to this list, pls contact us ( contact form below )

Mammal	Birth weight (kilograms)
Blue whale	2,000
Fin whale	1,800
Humpback whale	1,350
Bryde's whale	1,000
Southern right whale	910
Bowhead	900
Northern right whale	794
Sei whale	680
Gray whale	500
Minke whale	320
Killer whale	180
Long-finned pilot whale	110
Asian elephant	107
African elephant	105
Pygmy sperm whale	82
Narwhal	80
Beluga	66
Walrus	60
Short-finned pilot whale	60
Giraffe	59
Indian rhinoceros	58
White rhinoceros	53
African buffalo	44
Southern elephant seal	43
Grevy's zebra	40
Hippopotamus	40
Water buffalo	38
Northern elephant seal	38
Black rhinoceros	37
Bactrian camel	36
Mountain zebra	35
Bearded seal	35
Caribbean manatee	32
Burchell's zebra	32
Leopard seal	30
Weddell seal	29
Dugong	28
Atlantic white-sided dolphin	24
European bison	23
Gaur	23
Sumatran rhinoceros	23
Ross seal	20
American bison	20
Bongo	20
Bottlenosed dolphin	19
Mediterranean monk seal	19
Northern sea lion	19
Blue wildebeest	18
Hooded seal	18
Yak	18
Hawaiian monk seal	17
Sable antelope	16
Okapi	16
Roan antelope	15
Greater kudu	15
Pacific white-sided dolphin	14
Gray seal	14
Moose	13
Southern sea lion	13
Amazonian manatee	13
Irrawaddy dolphin	12
Gemsbok	12
Guanaco	12
Muskox	11
Topi	11
Harbor seal	11
Black wildebeest	11
Pere David's deer	11
Ribbon seal	11
Scimitar-horned oryx	10
Red deer	10
Sambar	10
Pantropical spotted dolphin	10
Striped dolphin	10
Baird's tapir	9
Hartebeest	9
Waterbuck	9
Harp seal	9
Franciscana	8
Spotted seal	7
Australian sea lion	7
California sea lion	7
Finless porpoise	7
New Zealand sea lion	7
Harbor porpoise	7
Short-beaked saddleback dolphin	7
Amazon dolphin	7
Sassaby or blesbok	7
Commerson's dolphin	7
Caribou and reindeer	7
Malayan tapir	7
South African fur seal	6
Ringed seal	6
Takin	6
Lesser kudu	6
Brazilian tapir	6
Antarctic fur seal	6
Nilgai	6
Sika deer	6
Vicugna	6
Grant's gazelle	6
Addax	6
Impala	6
Kob	5
Northern fur seal	5
Nyala	5
Lechwe	5
Nile lechwe	5
Caspian seal	5
Pygmy hippopotamus	5
Eld's deer	5
Rhim gazelle	5
Southern reedbuck	5
Fallow deer	5
Aoudad	5
Sub-Antarctic fur seal	4
Bighorn sheep	4
Mountain tapir	4
South American fur seal	4
Marsh deer	4
Springbok	4
Sitatunga	4
Blackbuck	4
West Caucasian tur	4
New Zealand fur seal	4
Bushbuck	4
East Caucasian tur	4
Southern fur seal	4
Saiga	4
Argali	3
Mountain goat	3
Chital	3
Mountain reedbuck	3
Baikal seal	3
White-tailed deer	3
Pronghorn	3
Mule deer	3
Mongolian gazelle	3
Ibex	3
Dall's sheep	3
Goitered gazelle	3
Thomson's gazelle	3
Chamois	2
Yellow-backed duiker	2
Mountain gazelle	2
Oribi	2
Pampas deer	2
Gorilla	2
Himalayan tahr	2
Goral	2
Sea otter	2
Chimpanzee	2
Aardvark	2
Eastern roe deer	2
Orangutan	2
Zebra duiker	2
Dorcas gazelle	2
Bush duiker	2
Bay duiker	2
Giant anteater	2
Capybara	2
Spotted hyena	1
Pygmy chimpanzee or bonono	1
Lion	1
Speke's gazelle	1
Giant forest hog	1
Indian muntjac	1
Tiger	1
Klipspringer	1
Reeves's muntjac	1
African clawless otter	1
Four-horned antelope	1
Chinese water deer	1
Western roe deer	1
Javan pig	1
African porcupine	1
Wild boar	1
Red-flanked duiker	1
Steenbok	1
Gray brocket	1
Pacarana	1
Southern pudu	1
Maxwell's duiker	1
Jaguar	1
Hamadryas baboon	1
Blue duiker	1
Alpine musk deer	1
Red river hog	1
Drill	1
Babirusa	1
King colobus	1
Striped hyena	1
White-lipped peccary	1
Collared peccary	1
Brown hyena	1
Gunther's dik-dik	1
Paca	1
Polar bear	1
Wart hog	1
Mandrill	1
Chacoan peccary	1
Kirk's dik-dik	1
Patagonian cavy	1
Leopard	1
Red brocket	1
European beaver	1
Tibetan macaque	1
Chinese forest musk deer	1
Brown bear and grizzly bear	1
Patas monkey	1
North American porcupine	1
Hanuman langur	1
Japanese macaque	0
Proboscis monkey	0
Cheetah	0
Mexican black howler monkey	0
Stump-tailed macaque	0
Snow leopard	0
Diana monkey	0
Rhesus monkey	0
Gelada baboon	0
Pigtail macaque	0
Asiatic black bear	0
Celebes crested macaque	0
Siberian musk deer	0
Francois' langur	0
Black spider monkey	0
Gray wolf	0
Barbary macaque	0
Toque macaque	0
Old World porcupine	0
Purple-faced leaf monkey	0
American beaver	0
Central American spider monkey	0
Gray-cheeked mangabey	0
Mantled howler monkey	0
Prehensile-tailed porcupine	0
Liontail macaque	0
White-nosed guenon	0
Hoffmann's two-toed sloth	0
Sloth bear	0
Cougar	0
Guereza	0
Douc langur	0
Bonnet macaque	0
African civet	0
Tree hyrax	0
Greater mouse-deer	0
Black-cheeked white-nosed monkey	0
Lesser mouse-deer	0
Maned wolf	0
Blue monkey	0
Linne's two-toed sloth	0
Cape porcupine	0
Indian pangolin	0
Crowned guenon	0
Moustached monkey	0
Sun bear	0
Long-tailed macaque	0
Spectacled bear	0
Indian spotted chevrotain	0
Binturong	0
African wild dog	0
White-handed gibbon	0
Dusky leaf monkey	0
Mona monkey	0
American black bear	0
Dhole	0
Springhare	0
Bobcat	0
Serval	0
Red howler monkey	0
Mountain viscacha	0
De Brazza's monkey	0
Ocelot	0
Coyote	0
Asiatic golden cat	0
African golden cat	0
Lynx	0
Cuban hutia	0
Brown capuchin	0
White-fronted capuchin	0
White-faced capuchin	0
Central American agouti	0
Nutria	0
Bush hyrax	0
Allen's swamp monkey	0
Honey badger	0
Golden jackal	0
Rock hyrax	0
Canada lynx	0
Giant otter	0
Talapoin	0
Plains viscacha	0
Pygmy hog	0
Black howler monkey	0
Peruvian mountain viscacha	0
Kinkajou	0
Fishing cat	0
Clouded leopard	0
Margay	0
Caracal	0
Bush dog	0
Black-backed jackal	0
Brush-tailed porcupine	0
Diademed sifaka	0
Northern river otter	0
Crab-eating fox	0
White-nosed coati	0
Coatimundi	0
Jungle cat	0
Cane rat	0
Hairy armadillo	0
Banded palm civet	0
Bat-eared fox	0
Monk saki	0
European hare	0
Cape hare	0
Eurasian river otter	0
Giant panda	0
Aye-aye	0
Mountain hare	0
South American squirrel monkey	0
Hispaniolan hutia	0
Pichi	0
Six-banded armadillo	0
Fossa	0
Haitian solenodon	0
Red fox	0
Acouchi	0
Marsh mongoose	0
Lesser panda	0
Wild cat	0
Golden-crowned sifaka	0
Lemurine night monkey	0
Leopard cat	0
Wolverine	0
Gray fox	0
American badger	0
White-tailed jackrabbit	0
Chinese pangolin	0
Northern night monkey	0
Common palm civet	0
Ruffed lemur	0
Dusky titi	0
Red-bellied lemur	0
Guinea pig	0
Marbled cat	0
Black-tailed jack rabbit	0
Tayra	0
Brown lemur	0
Owston's palm civet	0
Bahamian hutia	0
Common raccoon	0
Golden-rumped elephant shrew	0
Old World badger	0
Gray-headed flying fox	0
La Plata three-banded armadillo	0
Small-spotted genet	0
Black giant squirrel	0
Rock cavy	0
Black lemur	0
Raccoon dog	0
Pale fox	0
Coppery titi	0
Large-spotted genet	0
Black-footed cat	0
Verreaux's sifaka	0
Ring-tailed lemur	0
Crab-eating raccoon	0
Crowned lemur	0
Malagasy civet	0
Common long-nosed armadillo	0
Corsac fox	0
Giant armadillo	0
Snowshoe rabbit	0
Brazilian guinea pig	0
Indian fox	0
Hog badger	0
Oriental small-clawed otter	0
Sand cat	0
Indian giant flying squirrel	0
African palm civet	0
Moluccan naked-backed fruit bat	0
Golden lion tamarin	0
Olingo	0
Mongoose lemur	0
Straw-colored fruit bat	0
Malagasy ring-tailed mongoose	0
Narrow-striped mongoose	0
Slow loris	0
Goeldi's monkey	0
Black-chested mustached tamarin	0
Emperor tamarin	0
Small-eared galago	0
Geoffroy's tamarin	0
Rodriguez flying fox	0
Bamboo lemur	0
Indian flying fox	0
Riverine or bushman rabbit	0
Old World rabbit	0
Potto	0
Silvery-brown bare-face tamarin	0
Black-mantled tamarin	0
Greater galago	0
Red-chested mustached tamarin	0
Swift fox	0
Hammer-headed fruit bat	0
Midas tamarin	0
Saddlebacked tamarin	0
Eastern cottontail	0
Kit fox	0
Banded linsang	0
Yellow-toothed cavy	0
Banded mongoose	0
Cotton-top tamarin	0
Flying lemur (glider)	0
Common yellow-toothed cavy	0
Bobak marmot	0
Black-footed tree rat	0
Audubon's cottontail rabbit	0
Chinchilla	0
Fisher	0
Striped skunk	0
Yellow-bellied marmot	0
Four-toed elephant shrew	0
Alpine marmot	0
Ringtail	0
Gundi	0
Sable	0
European pine marten	0
American marten	0
New England cottontail rabbit	0
Blanford's fox	0
Meerkat	0
Brush rabbit	0
Woodchuck	0
Weasel sportive lemur	0
White-tufted-ear marmoset	0
Gambian rat	0
Calabar angwantibo	0
Javan mongoose	0
Philippine tarsier	0
Mountain beaver	0
Fennec	0
Cacomistle	0
Western tarsier	0
Cayenne spiny rat	0
Greater hedgehog tenrec	0
Armored rat	0
Spectral tarsier	0
Allen's squirrel galago	0
Golden-bellied water rat	0
Muskrat	0
Spiny rat	0
Pygmy loris	0
Eastern European hedgehog	0
Tenrec	0
Brazilian spiny rat	0
Quaira spiny rat	0
South African ground squirrel	0
East African mole rat	0
Philippine tree shrew	0
Giant mole-rat	0
Fat-tailed dwarf lemur	0
Chozchoz	0
Greater dwarf lemur	0
Peters's climbing rat	0
Prevost's squirrel	0
Black-tailed prairie dog	0
Striped polecat, zorilla	0
Western European hedgehog	0
Vlei rat	0
Eastern gray squirrel	0
Moonrat	0
Eastern fox squirrel	0
Bushy-tailed woodrat	0
Degus	0
Tree shrew	0
Eastern woodrat	0
Smith's bush squirrel	0
Southern plains woodrat	0
Abert's squirrel	0
Senegal galago	0
White-throated woodrat	0
Streaked tenrec	0
Leschenault's rousette	0
South African galago	0
Rufous elephant shrew	0
Slender loris	0
Great fruit-eating bat	0
Greater short-nosed fruit bat	0
South African hedgehog	0
Green bush squirrel	0
Long-eared desert hedgehog	0
Pen-tailed tree shrew	0
African pygmy (four-toed) hedgehog	0
Congo rope squirrel	0
Red-tailed squirrel	0
Hairy-tailed mole	0
European polecat	0
Northern tree shrew	0
Spotted skunk	0
Long-eared elephant shrew	0
Eurasian red squirrel	0
North American pika	0
Damaraland mole-rat	0
Small pika	0
African mole rat	0
Collared pika	0
Rock squirrel	0
European mink	0
Lesser hedgehog tenrec	0
Tuco-tuco	0
Cape mole-rat	0
Vampire bat	0
Banner-tailed kangaroo rat	0
Desert woodrat	0
Greater false vampire bat	0
Short-eared elephant shrew	0
Pale spear-nosed bat	0
Northern palm squirrel	0
Golden spiny mouse	0
Red squirrel	0
Silvery mole-rat	0
Black-bellied hamster	0
Belding's ground squirrel	0
Brown mouse lemur	0
Lesser bamboo rat	0
White-tailed mouse	0
Mouse-eared bat	0
Greater horseshoe bat	0
Northern flying squirrel	0
Golden-mantled ground squirrel	0
Hoary bat	0
Richardson's ground squirrel	0
Jamaican fruit-eating bat	0
Yellow-faced pocket gopher	0
Norway rat	0
Gray mouse lemur	0
Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel	0
Fat sand rat	0
Hispid cotton rat	0
Great gerbil	0
Water vole	0
Bush rat	0
Cape gerbil	0
Spiny mouse	0
Vesper rat	0
Ord's kangaroo rat	0
Australian swamp rat	0
Noctule	0
Serotine	0
Long-tailed mouse	0
Mohave ground squirrel	0
Nelson's antelope squirrel	0
Libyan jird	0
European water vole	0
Geoffroy's tailless bat	0
Rat	0
Eastern aquatic mole	0
Plains pocket gopher	0
Persian jird	0
Seba's short-tailed bat	0
Japanese giant flying squirrel	0
White-naped weasel	0
Dobson's long-tailed tenrec	0
Woodland dormouse	0
Harris's antelope squirrel	0
Richardson's collared lemming	0
Norway lemming	0
Australian native mouse	0
Talazaci's long-tailed tenrec	0
California mouse	0
Townsend's chipmunk	0
Heermann's kangaroo rat	0
Nile kusu	0
Shaw's jird	0
Big brown bat	0
Round-tailed ground squirrel	0
Woodland mouse	0
Collared lemming	0
Siberian chipmunk	0
Greater Egyptian gerbil	0
New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat	0
House shrew	0
Eastern chipmunk	0
Botta's pocket gopher	0
European mole, common mole	0
Northern pocket gopher	0
Tamarisk jird	0
Yellow-pine chipmunk	0
Southern flying squirrel	0
Golden mouse	0
Pallid bat	0
Rafinesque's big-eared bat	0
Brazilian free-tailed bat	0
Pouched mouse	0
Vole	0
Flat-headed vole	0
Indian gerbil	0
Northern grasshopper mouse	0
Sundevall's jird	0
Australian hopping mouse	0
Fresno kangaroo rat	0
White-tailed antelope squirrel	0
Long-tailed weasel	0
Prairie vole	0
Cave myotis	0
Common weasel	0
Mongolian jird	0
Cape short-eared gerbil	0
Acacia rat	0
Southern grasshopper mouse	0
Desert kangaroo rat	0
Wood lemming	0
Four-striped grass mouse	0
Rock mouse	0
Pencil-tailed tree mouse	0
Gray myotis	0
Vinogradov's jird	0
Colorado chipmunk	0
Arctic lemming	0
Southern bog lemming	0
Tullberg's rock rat	0
Merriam's kangaroo rat	0
Thirteen-lined ground squirrel	0
Western broad-nosed bat	0
Fawn-colored mouse	0
Townsend's big-eared bat	0
Ermine	0
Old World wood and field mouse	0
Greater red musk shrew	0
Meadow vole	0
Red-backed mouse	0
Forest dormouse	0
White-footed mouse	0
Mediterranean pine vole	0
Striped field mouse	0
Lesser Egyptian jerboa	0
Evening bat	0
Western heather vole	0
Golden hamster	0
Fat mouse	0
Florida mouse	0
Deer mouse	0
Oldfield mouse	0
Yellow-necked mouse	0
Striped dwarf hamster	0
Typical striped grass mouse	0
Field vole	0
Least chipmunk	0
Canyon mouse	0
Eastern heather vole	0
Common vole	0
Little brown bat	0
Pinyon mouse	0
Pale gerbil	0
Korean field mouse	0
Woodland vole	0
Tundra vole	0
Great Basin pocket mouse	0
Dzhungarian hamster	0
Cactus mouse	0
European pine vole	0
Brandt's vole	0
Highland gerbil mouse	0
Silver-haired bat	0
Naked mole-rat	0
Little pocket mouse	0
Woodland jumping mouse	0
Swamp wallaby	0
Eastern gray kangaroo	0
Lesser shrew	0
Antilopine wallaroo	0
Fringed myotis	0
Old World harvest mouse	0
Crowned shrew	0
Red-necked wallaby	0
Hairy-nosed wombat	0
Mouse	0
Large-eared tenrec	0
Short-tailed shrew	0
Meadow jumping mouse	0
Western long-eared myotis	0
Northern pygmy mouse	0
Southern water shrew	0
Black-striped scrub wallaby	0
Alston's brown mouse	0
Common pipistrelle	0
Western harvest mouse	0
Ringtailed rock wallaby	0
Ornate shrew	0
Red kangaroo	0
Desert hamster	0
Bicolored white-toothed shrew	0
Coarse-haired wombat	0
House mouse	0
Western jumping mouse	0
Steppe lemming	0
Long-tailed pocket mouse	0
Eurasian water shrew	0
Western gray kangaroo	0
Ryukyu mouse	0
Eastern pipistrelle	0
Vagrant shrew	0
White-toothed shrew	0
Agile wallaby	0
Hazel dormouse	0
Parma wallaby	0
Black myotis	0
Forest shrew	0
Wallaroo	0
Greater long-nosed bandicoot	0
Paucident planigale	0
Woylie	0
Robinson's mouse opossum	0
Western quoll	0
Stripe-faced dunnart	0
Cinnamon antechinus	0
Brown antechinus	0
Sugar glider	0
Southern opossum	0
Cinereus shrew	0
Honey possum	0
Fat-tailed marsupial mouse	0
Shorttailed opossum	0
Quoll	0
Dormouse possum	0
Woolly opossum	0
Brindled bandicoot	0
Wongai ningaui	0
Tasmanian bettong	0
Virginia opossum	0
Pygmy gliding possum	0
Eurasian pygmy shrew	0
Potoroo	0
Tasmanian devil	0
Gray four-eyed opossum	0
Least shrew	0
Greater gliding possum	0
Southern brown bandicoot	0
Pilbara ningaui	0
Koala	0
Burrowing bettong	0
Quokka	0
Murine mouse opossum	0
Brush-tailed possum	0
White-toothed pygmy shrew	0
Tasmanian red-bellied pademelon	0
Tammar wallaby	0
Fat-tailed dunnart	0
Swamp antechinus	0
Long-nosed bandicoot	0
Ring-tailed possum	0
Eurasian shrew	0
Short-nosed echidna	0