One clip names both of them

5,563 views between them.

Minke whale outweighs Common bottlenose dolphin 33× — 7,500 kg against 230 kg.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

230 kg

🐬 Common bottlenose dolphin · COMBINE

7,500 kg

🐾 Minke whale · COMBINE

Body length

3.63 m

🐬 Common bottlenose dolphin · COMBINE

7.86 m

🐾 Minke whale · COMBINE

Maximum lifespan

53 yr

🐬 Common bottlenose dolphin · COMBINE

50 yr

🐾 Minke whale · COMBINE

Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.

Animals caught on camera

Real footage of the animals on this site — 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).