Woolly mammoth (Adult male)
2.8 m (9.186 ft)
Shoulder height in the flesh
The shaggy Ice Age elephant of northern Siberia. Measured at the shoulder. Average adult male: about 2.8 m at the shoulder, a little shorter than an African elephant.
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How big is that?
2.8 m is 1.6 times an adult man and 10% of a blue whale.
Woolly mammoth is the 11th smallest of the 31 Prehistoric Giants objects, and the 31st smallest of the 109 objects across all three SizeItUp games.
Closest in size from the other games: Bowling pin (Ten-pin) (Classic), 38.1 cm tall and Perseverance (Mars rover) (Cosmic Scale), 3 m long.
Size comparison
To scale, smallest to largest: Woolly mammoth in orange beside the Prehistoric Giants objects nearest in size, in teal.
| Object | Size | vs Woolly mammoth |
|---|---|---|
| Ostrich (Adult male)The tallest bird alive, head held up. | 2.4 m tall | 86% of the size |
| Arthropleura (Giant millipede)The largest arthropod ever, from the coal forests. Seen from above. | 2.63 m long | 94% of the size |
| Woolly mammoth (Adult male) | 2.8 m tall | – |
| Wandering albatross (Wings spread)The seabird with the widest wings alive today. | 3 m wingtip to wingtip | 1.1× bigger |
| Elephant bird (Madagascar)A giant flightless bird from Madagascar, extinct for about a thousand years. | 3 m tall | 1.1× bigger |
In other units
| Centimetres | 280 |
|---|---|
| Metres | 2.8 |
| Inches | 110.2 |
| Feet | 9.186 |
| Yards | 3.062 |
How it's measured
Shoulder height in the flesh. Larramendi 2016, North Siberian form, fully grown males: 2.66-2.94 m (mean 2.80).
Four-legged animals are measured at the shoulder, which stays put while the head moves.
Sources
- app.pan.pl: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 61: 537, Table 8: 266-294 cm (mean 280).
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Could you have guessed it by eye?
Woolly mammoth is one of the objects in Prehistoric Giants, a daily size comparison game: you stretch a shape to the size you think is right beside one you know.