List of animals by number of neurons
The following are two lists of animals ordered by the size of their nervous system. The first list shows number of neurons in their entire nervous system, indicating their overall neural complexity. The second list shows the number of neurons in the structure that has been found to be representative of animal intelligence.[1] The human brain contains 86 billion neurons, with 16 billion neurons in the cerebral cortex.[2][1]
Scientists are engaged in counting, quantification, in order to find answers to the question in the strategy of neuroscience and intelligence of "self-knowledge": how the evolution of a set of components and parameters (~1011 neurons, ~1014 synapses) of a complex system could lead to the phenomenon of the appearance of intelligence in the biological species "sapiens".[3]
Overview
Neurons may be packed to form structures such as the brain of vertebrates or the neural ganglions of insects.
The number of neurons and their relative abundance in different parts of the brain is a determinant of neural function and, consequently, of behavior.
Whole nervous system
All numbers for neurons (except Caenorhabditis and Ciona), and all numbers for synapses (except Ciona) are estimations.
List of animal species by forebrain (cerebrum or pallium) neuron number
The question of what physical characteristic of an animal makes an animal intelligent has varied over the centuries. One early speculation was brain size (or weight, which provides the same ordering.) A second proposal was
Differing methods have been used to count neurons and these may differ in degree of reliability. These are the optical fractionator, an application of stereology and the isotropic fractionator, a recent methodological innovation. Most numbers in the list are the result of studies using the newer isotropic fractionator.[1][38][27][42][43][45][46][47][48][53][54][55][57][58][60][62] A variation of the optical fractionator was responsible for the previous total human brain neuron count of 100,000,000,000 neurons, which has been revised down to 86,000,000,000 by the use of the isotropic fractionator. This is in part why it may be considered to be less reliable. Finally, some numbers are the result of estimations based on correlations observed between number of cortical neurons and brain mass within closely related taxa.
The following table gives information on the number of neurons estimated to be in the
Common name | Average number of sensory-associative structure neurons[a] | Intraspecific variation[b] | Method[c] | Sensory-associative structure | Binomial nomenclature | Image | Source |
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Common fruit fly
|
2,500* | Optical fractionator | Corpora pedunculata | Drosophila melanogaster | [63] | ||
House cricket | 50,000* | Optical fractionator | Corpora pedunculata | Acheta domesticus | [63] | ||
Honey bee | 170,000* | Optical fractionator | Corpora pedunculata | Genus: Apis | [63] | ||
Common cockroach | 200,000* | Optical fractionator | Corpora pedunculata | Genus: Periplaneta | [63] | ||
African sheath-tailed bat | 5,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Coleura afra | [39] | ||
Rufous trident bat | 6,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Triaenops persicus | [39] | ||
Naked mole-rat | 6,000,000 | ± 1,065,587[41] | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Heterocephalus glaber | [38] | |
Little free-tailed bat | 6,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Chaerephon pumilus | [39] | ||
Common bent-wing bat | 6,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Miniopterus schreibersii | [39] | ||
Commerson's roundleaf bat | 8,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Hipposideros commersoni | [39] | ||
Heart-nosed bat | 10,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Cardioderma cor | [39] | ||
Ansell's mole-rat | 10,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Fukomys anselli | [44] | ||
Smoky shrew | 10,000,000 | ± 352,000[41] | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Sorex fumeus | [41] | |
Short-palated fruit bat | 10,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Casinycteris argynnis | [39] | ||
Mashona mole-rat | 12,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Fukomys darlingi | [44] | ||
Woermann's bat | 12,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Megaloglossus woermanni | [39] | ||
Northern short-tailed shrew | 12,000,000 | ± 1,569,000[41] | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Blarina brevicauda | [41] | |
Zenker's fruit bat | 13,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Scotonycteris zenkeri | [39] | ||
House mouse | 14,000,000 | ± 2,242,257[41] | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Mus musculus | [41] | |
Hairy-tailed mole | 16,000,000 | ± 2,611,000[41] | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Parascalops breweri | [41] | |
Star-nosed mole | 17,000,000 | ± 3,105,000[41] | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Condylura cristata | [41] | |
Golden hamster | 17,000,000 | ± 3,619,934[41] | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Mesocricetus auratus | [41] | |
Diamond dove | 18,209,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Geopelia cuneata | [32] | ||
King quail | 20,523,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Synoicus chinensis | [32] | ||
Damaraland mole-rat | 21,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Fukomys damarensis | [44] | ||
Hottentot golden mole | 22,000,000 | ± 2,154,000[41] | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Amblysomus hottentotus | [41] | |
Gray mouse lemur | 22,310,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Microcebus murinus | [47] | ||
Common quail | 22,568,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Coturnix coturnix | [32] | ||
Mechow's mole-rat | 23,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Fukomys mechowii | [44] | ||
Franquet's epauletted fruit bat | 23,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Epomops franqueti | [39] | ||
Hammer-headed bat | 24,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Hypsignathus mostrosus | [39] | ||
Hedgehog | 24,000,000^ | Estimated | Pallium (cortex) | Subfamily Erinaceinae, various species | [64] | ||
Silvery mole-rat | 25,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Heliophobius argenteocinereus | [44] | ||
Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat | 26,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Epomophorus wahlbergi | [39] | ||
Cape mole-rat | 26,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Georychus capensis | [44] | ||
Guyenne spiny rat | 26,000,000 | ± 2,155,723[41] | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Proechimys cayennensis | [41] | |
Eastern rock elephant shrew | 26,000,000 | ± 4,020,000[41] | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Elephantulus myurus | [41] | |
Eastern mole | 27,000,000 | ± 5,113,000[41] | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Scalopus aquaticus | [41] | |
Opossum | 27,000,000^ | Estimated | Pallium (cortex) | Didelphis virginiana | [64] | ||
Egyptian fruit bat | 29,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Rousettus aegyptiacus | [39] | ||
Brown Rat
|
31,000,000 | + 3,034,654[41] | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Rattus norvegicus | [41] | |
Four-toed elephant shrew | 34,000,000 | ± 5,840,000[41] | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Petrodromus tetradactylus | [41] | |
Grey partridge | 36,882,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Perdix perdix | [32] | ||
Ferret | 38,950,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Mustela putorius furo | [49] | ||
Northern bobwhite | 39,112,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Colinus virginianus | [32] | ||
African collared dove | 39,997,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Streptopelia roseogrisea | [32] | ||
Cape dune mole-rat | 43,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Bathyergus suillus | [44] | ||
Guinea pig | 43,510,000 | ± 3,169,924[41] | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Cavia porcellus | [38] | |
Quebracho crested tinamou | 48,292,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Eudromia formosa | [32] | ||
Common wood pigeon | 51,325,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Columba palumbus | [32] | ||
Elegant crested tinamou | 51,384,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Eudromia elegans | [32] | ||
Eurasian blackcap | 52,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Sylvia atricapilla | [45] | ||
Prairie dog | 53,770,000 | ± 6,044,322[41] | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Genus:Cynomys | [38] | |
Zebra finch | 55,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Taeniopygia guttata | [45] | ||
Chilean tinamou | 59,130,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Nothoprocta perdicaria | [32] | ||
Common treeshrew | 60,000,000 | ± 26,510,000[41] | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Tupaia glis | [41] | |
Red junglefowl | 61,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Gallus gallus | [45] | ||
Goldcrest | 64,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Regulus regulus | [45] | ||
European rabbit | 71,450,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Oryctolagus cuniculus | [38] | ||
Rock dove | 72,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Columba livia | [45] | ||
Eastern gray squirrel | 77,330,000 | ± 2,634,444[41] | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Sciurius carolinensis | [38] | |
Reeves's pheasant | 80,688,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Syrmaticus reevesii | [32] | ||
Great tit | 83,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Parus major | [45] | ||
Eurasian sparrowhawk | 87,832,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Accipiter nisus | [32] | ||
Western tree hyrax | 99,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Dendrohyrax dorsalis | [41] | ||
Green-rumped parrotlet | 103,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Forpus passerinus | [45] | ||
Wild turkey | 105,654,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Meleagris gallopavo | [32] | ||
Mallard | 112,255,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Anas platyrhynchos | [32] | ||
Black-rumped agouti | 113,000,000 | ± 2,576,768[41] | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Dasyprocta prymnolopha | [1] | |
Banded mongoose | 115,770,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Mungos mungo | [49] | ||
Victoria crowned pigeon | 118,445,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Goura victoria | [32] | ||
Yellow-knobbed curassow | 124,624,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Crax daubentoni | [32] | ||
Indian peafowl | 129,621,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Pavo cristatus | [32] | ||
Marbled duck | 130,142,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Marmaronetta angustirostris | [32] | ||
Pygmy falcon | 131,898,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Polihierax semitorquatus | [32] | ||
Common blackbird | 136,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Turdus merula | [45] | ||
Wood duck | 138,206,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Aix sponsa | [32] | ||
Red-breasted goose | 148,617,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Branta ruficollis | [32] | ||
Budgerigar | 149,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Melopsittacus undulatus | [45] | ||
Eurasian teal | 167,287,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Anas crecca | [32] | ||
Rock hyrax | 198,000,000 | ± 29,082,000[41] | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Procavia capensis | [41] | |
Northern greater galago | 226,000,000 | ± 87,570,000[41] | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Otolemur garnettii | [41] | |
Common starling | 226,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Sturnus vulgaris | [45] | ||
Common kestrel | 237,903,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Falco tinnunculus | [32] | ||
Raccoon dog
|
240,180,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Nyctereutes procyonoides | [52] | ||
Common marmoset | 245,000,000 | ± 81,180,000[41] | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Callithrix jacchus | [41] | |
House cat
|
249,830,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Felis catus | [49] | ||
Brown bear | 250,970,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Ursus arctos | [49] | ||
Cockatiel | 258,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Nymphicus hollandicus | [45] | ||
Greylag goose | 258,650,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Anser anser | [32] | ||
Capybara | 306,500,000 | ± 62,726,120[41] | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris | [38] | |
Tarsius | 310,000,000 | Estimated | Pallium (cortex) | Genus: Tarsius, unknown species | [65] | ||
Mute swan | 323,661,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Cygnus olor | [32] | ||
Greater rhea | 330,342,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Rhea americana | [32] | ||
Eastern rosella | 333,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Platycercus eximius | [45] | ||
Common buzzard | 351,700,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Buteo buteo | [32] | ||
Red fox | 355,010,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Vulpes vulpes | [52] | ||
Goeldi's marmoset | 357,130,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Callimico goeldii | [47] | ||
Eurasian pygmy owl | 364,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Glaucidium passerinum | [32] | ||
Western grey kangaroo | 370,170,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Macropus fuliginosus | [66] | ||
Golden jackal | 393,620,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Canis aureus | [52] | ||
Monk parakeet | 396,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Myiopsitta monachus | [45] | ||
Springbok | 396,900,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Antidorcas marsupialis | [53] | ||
Black vulture | 398,899,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Coragyps atratus | [32] | ||
Azure-winged magpie | 400,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Cyanopica cyanus | [45] | ||
Little owl | 400,822,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Athene noctua | [32] | ||
Common hill myna | 410,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Gracula religiosa | [45] | ||
Domesticated pig
|
425,000,000* | Optical fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Sus scrofa domesticus | [67] | ||
Barn owl | 437,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Tyto alba | [45] | ||
Emu | 439,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Dromaius novaehollandiae | [45] | ||
West Highland White Terrier | 440,160,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Canis lupus familiaris | [52] | ||
Three-striped night monkey | 442,000,000 | ± 111,310,000[41] | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Aotus trivirgatus | [1] | |
Saker falcon | 442,946,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Falco cherrug | [32] | ||
Eurasian magpie | 443,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Pica pica | [45] | ||
Raccoon | 453,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Procyon lotor | [62] | ||
Chow Chow | 471,500,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Canis lupus familiaris | [52] | ||
Common ostrich | 479,410,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Struthio camelus | [32] | ||
Western jackdaw | 492,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Coloeus monedula | [45] | ||
Striped hyena | 495,280,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Hyaena hyaena | [49] | ||
Chihuahua
|
513,330,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Canis lupus familiaris | [52] | ||
Eurasian jay | 529,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Garrulus glandarius | [45] | ||
White-tailed eagle | 542,926,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Haliaeetus albicilla | [32] | ||
Lion | 545,240,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Panthera leo | [49] | ||
Blesbok | 570,670,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi | [53] | ||
Yorkshire Terrier | 572,140,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Canis lupus familiaris | [52] | ||
Alexandrine parakeet | 575,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Psittacula eupatria | [45] | ||
Tanimbar corella | 599,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Cacatua goffiniana | [45] | ||
Golden retriever
|
627,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Canis lupus familiaris | [49] | ||
Long-eared owl | 673,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Asio otus | [32] | ||
Transylvanian Hound | 725,760,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Canis lupus familiaris | [52] | ||
Greater kudu | 762,570,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Tragelaphus strepsiceros | [53] | ||
Crab-eating macaque | 800,960,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Macaca fascicularis | [47] | ||
Rook | 820,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Corvus frugilegus | [45] | ||
Beagle | 844,410,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Canis lupus familiaris | [52] | ||
Grey parrot | 850,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Psittacus erithacus | [45] | ||
Komondor | 883,380,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Canis lupus familiaris | [52] | ||
German Shepherd | 885,460,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Canis lupus familiaris | [52] | ||
Sulphur-crested cockatoo | 1,135,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Cacatua galerita | [45] | ||
Tufted capuchin | 1,140,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Sapajus apella | [41][1] | ||
Tawny owl | 1,153,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Strix aluco | [32] | ||
Harp seal | 1,168,000,000^
6,100,000,000* |
Estimated
Optical fractionator |
Pallium (cortex) | Pagophilus groenlandicus | [68][69] | ||
Horse | 1,200,000,000^ | Estimated | Pallium (cortex) | Equus ferus caballus | [70] | ||
Raven | 1,204,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Corvus corax | [45] | ||
Snowy owl | 1,270,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Bubo scandiacus | [32] | ||
Kea | 1,281,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Nestor notabilis | [45] | ||
Eurasian eagle-owl | 1,328,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Bubo bubo | [32] | ||
Common squirrel monkey | 1,340,000,000 | ± 20,000,000[41] | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Saimiri sciureus | [41] | |
Bonnet macaque | 1,660,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Macaca radiata | [41] | ||
Rhesus macaque | 1,710,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Macaca mulatta | [41] | ||
Giraffe | 1,731,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Giraffa camelopardalis | [53] | ||
Blue and yellow macaw
|
1,900,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (DVR) | Ara ararauna | [45] | ||
Pygmy sperm whale | 2,020,000,000* | Optical fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Kogia breviceps | [71] | ||
Leopard seal | 2,386,000,000^ | Estimated | Pallium (cortex) | Hydrurga leptonyx | [68] | ||
Guenon | 2,500,000,000^ | Estimated | Pallium (cortex) | Genus: Cercopithecus, unknown species | [65] | ||
Pigtail Macaque | 2,531,000,000^ | Estimated | Pallium (cortex) | Macaca nemestrina | [68] | ||
Gelada baboon
|
2,568,000,000^ | Estimated | Pallium (cortex) | Theropithecus gelada | [68] | ||
Red-and-green macaw | 2,646,000,000^ | Estimated | Pallium (DVR) | Ara chloropterus | [68] | ||
Harbor porpoise
|
2,750,000,000* | Optical fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Phocoena phocoena | [68][69] | ||
Yellow baboon | 2,880,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Papio cynocephalus | [47] | ||
Hyacinth macaw | 2,944,000,000^ | Estimated | Pallium (DVR) | Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus | [68] | ||
Hamadryas baboon | 2,990,000,000^ | Estimated | Pallium (cortex) | Papio hamadryas | [68] | ||
Mandrill | 3,102,000,000^ | Estimated | Pallium (cortex) | Mandrillus sphinx | [68] | ||
Common minke whale | 3,134,000,000
12,800,000,000* |
Isotropic fractionator
Optical fractionator |
Pallium (cortex) | Balaenoptera acutorostrata | [56][72] | ||
Walrus | 3,929,000,000^ | Estimated | Pallium (cortex) | Odobenus rosmarus | [68] | ||
Southern elephant seal | 3,994,000,000^ | Estimated | Pallium (cortex) | Mirounga leonina | [68] | ||
Fin whale | 5,000,000,000^
15,000,000,000^ |
Estimated | Pallium (cortex) | Balaenoptera physalus | [68][73] | ||
Blue whale | 5,000,000,000^ | Estimated | Pallium (cortex) | Balaenoptera musculus | [68] | ||
African elephant | 5,600,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Loxodonta africana | [60] | ||
Pygmy chimpanzee or bonobo
|
6,250,000,000^ | Estimated | Pallium (cortex) | Pan paniscus | [68] | ||
Short-beaked common dolphin
|
6,700,000,000*
4,800,000,000^ |
Optical fractionator
Estimated |
Pallium (cortex) | Delphinus delphis | [68][71][56] | ||
Asian elephant | 6,775,000,000^ | Estimated | Pallium (cortex) | Elephas maximus | [68] | ||
Chimpanzee | 7,400,000,000* | Optical fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Pan troglodytes | [74] | ||
Orangutan | 7,704,000,000^ - 8,900,000,000^ | Estimated | Pallium (cortex) | Genus: Pongo | [68][55] | ||
Western gorilla | 9,100,000,000^ | Estimated | Pallium (cortex) | Gorilla gorilla | [68][55] | ||
Cuvier's beaked whale | 9,100,000,000* | Optical fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Ziphius cavirostris | [71] | ||
Beluga whale | 10,000,000,000^ | Estimated | Pallium (cortex) | Delphinapterus leucas | [68][56] | ||
Risso's dolphin | 10,000,000,000^ | Estimated | Pallium (cortex) | Grampus griseus | [68][56] | ||
Short-finned pilot whale | 11,850,000,000 | Isotropic fractionator | Pallium (cortex) | Globicephala macrorhynchus | [68][56] | ||
Bottlenose dolphin | 12,700,000,000*
8,700,000,000^ |
Optical fractionator
Estimated |
Pallium (cortex) | Tursiops truncatus | [68][71][56] | ||
Long-finned pilot whale | 13,966,000,000^
37,200,000,000* |
Estimated
Optical fractionator |
Pallium (cortex) | Globicephala melas | [75][68][56] | ||
Human | 16,340,000,000
21,000,000,000* |
± 2,170,000,000[41] | Isotropic fractionator
Optical fractionator |
Pallium (cortex) | Homo sapiens | [41][57][1][76][77] | |
Orca | 43,100,000,000*
21,000,000,000^ |
Optical fractionator
Estimated |
Pallium (cortex) | Orcinus orca | [68][71][56] |
See also
Notes
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