What is being measured?
Comparison uses the midpoint of the published 455–900 mm range. Head-and-body length excluding the separately reported tail; size varies by population. 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 and body length
- Reference value
- 677.5 mm
- Evidence
- Chosen midpoint of a documented range
- In metres
- 0.6775 m
- Source range
- 455–900 mm
- What the range means
- Head-and-body length excluding the separately reported tail; size varies by population.
Put the length in perspective
One Red fox represents approximately 7.91 card lengths measured end to end. This is a length ratio; it does not calculate how the objects pack or fit.
Red fox · 0.6775 m
Metre · 1 m
Foot (international) · 0.3048 m