What is being measured?
Chosen midpoint of the zoo's 12–18 in body-length range. The tail is excluded. This is a transparent comparison reference, not a measured population mean or an individual animal's exact length.
The comparison uses the midpoint of the stated range. That midpoint is a chosen reference, not a measured population mean.
- Dimension
- body length excluding tail
- Reference value
- 15 in
- Evidence
- Chosen midpoint of a documented range
- In metres
- 0.381 m
- Variant
- Body only, excluding the separately listed tail
- Source range
- 12–18 in
- What the range means
- Published descriptive range; sample size and sampling date are not stated. UniRuler selects its midpoint, not a measured mean.
Put the length in perspective
One Ringtail represents approximately 4.45 card lengths measured end to end. This is a length ratio; it does not calculate how the objects pack or fit.
Ringtail · 0.381 m
Metre · 1 m
Foot (international) · 0.3048 m