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How Big Is A Blue?


Commerson's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus commersonii)
range: southern Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans
length: 1.5 m (5 ft.)


baiji (Chinese River dolphin) (Lipotes vexillifer)
range: Yangze River
length: 2 m (6.5 ft.)


spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris)
range: warm temperate and tropical Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans
length: 2 m (6.5 ft.)


Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli)
range: North Pacific
length: 2 m (6.5 ft.)


Pacific white-sided dolphin (Lagenorthynchus obliquidens)
range: temperate waters of the North Pacific
length: 2.3 m (7.5 ft.)


common dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
range: warm temperate and tropical waters worldwide
length: 2.3 m (7.5 ft.)


gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus)
range: eastern North Pacific
length: 14 m (45 ft.)


blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
range: worldwide
length: 27.5 m (90 ft.)


For more information about whale sizes, visit Baleen Whales - Animal Resource
What is a whale? - helpful information
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