How much does a T. rex weigh?
8,000 kg17,600 lb · 8 tonnesWhich one: large adult, estimate
A T. rex weighs about 8,000 kg (17,600 lb).
Animals vary, so Tilt always names a specific, common adult: a worker bee, a house mouse, a Labrador, a bull rather than a calf. The label tells you which one. Source for this figure: Hutchinson et al. 2011, PLoS ONE.
How heavy is that?
- A T. rex weighs about as much as 16 horses.
- A T. rex weighs about as much as 270 Labradors.
- A T. rex weighs about as much as 39,000 smartphones.
- It takes about 5.2 T. rexes to balance a Boeing 737.
- It takes about 1,300 T. rexes to balance the Eiffel Tower.
About the same weight
More animals
- Woolly mammoth 5,500 kg
- Elephant 6,000 kg
- Orca 7,200 kg
- Whale shark 15,000 kg
- Humpback whale 34,000 kg
- Sperm whale 36,000 kg
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