What is being measured?
Comparison uses the midpoint of the published 245–290 mm range. Head-to-rump length range, excluding the separately reported tail. The midpoint is 267.5 mm, rather than the rounded 267 mm summary. This is a range midpoint, not a measured population mean.
The comparison uses the midpoint of the stated range. That midpoint is a chosen reference, not a measured population mean.
- Dimension
- head to rump length
- Reference value
- 267.5 mm
- Evidence
- Chosen midpoint of a documented range
- In metres
- 0.2675 m
- Source range
- 245–290 mm
- What the range means
- Head-to-rump length range, excluding the separately reported tail. The midpoint is 267.5 mm, rather than the rounded 267 mm summary.
Put the length in perspective
One Meerkat represents approximately 3.13 card lengths measured end to end. This is a length ratio; it does not calculate how the objects pack or fit.
Meerkat · 0.2675 m
Metre · 1 m
Foot (international) · 0.3048 m