What is being measured?
Comparison uses the midpoint of the published 550–640 cm range. Published body-length range for Asian elephants; sexes and subspecies vary. 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
- body length
- Reference value
- 595 cm
- Evidence
- Chosen midpoint of a documented range
- In metres
- 5.95 m
- Source range
- 550–640 cm
- What the range means
- Published body-length range for Asian elephants; sexes and subspecies vary.
Put the length in perspective
One Asian elephant represents approximately 69.5 card lengths measured end to end. This is a length ratio; it does not calculate how the objects pack or fit.
Asian elephant · 5.95 m
Metre · 1 m
Foot (international) · 0.3048 m