๐ฌ
Common bottlenose dolphin
Tursiops truncatus
Marine mammals ยท Least concern
vs
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Humpback whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
Marine mammals ยท Least concern
7 clips name both of them
120,563 views between them.
Humpback whale outweighs Common bottlenose dolphin 130ร โ 30,000 kg against 230 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
230 kg
๐ฌ Common bottlenose dolphin ยท COMBINE
30,000 kg
๐พ Humpback whale ยท COMBINE
Body length
3.63 m
๐ฌ Common bottlenose dolphin ยท COMBINE
14 m
๐พ Humpback whale ยท COMBINE
Maximum lifespan
53 yr
๐ฌ Common bottlenose dolphin ยท COMBINE
95 yr
๐พ Humpback whale ยท COMBINE
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
Animals caught on camera
Real footage of the animals on this site โ hunting, fighting, and getting on with it.
Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Cetacea (infraorder), home to 171 species.
They last shared an ancestor about 17 million years ago.
Estimates range from 13 to 22 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.
About this estimate
Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).