74 cm
Typical representative
Uniformly scaled by shoulder height; the pose is not stretched to every descriptive dimension.
Average Gray Wolf
Gray wolf size varies by region and sex. This comparison represents an adult North American male with a 1.75 m nose-to-tail length and a 0.74 m shoulder height. Length runs from nose tip to tail tip; height is measured at the shoulder in a neutral standing pose.
Dimensions
- Height
- 74 cm
- Length
- 1.75 m
- Weight
- 42 kg
Quick facts
- Total length
- 1.75 m
- Shoulder height
- 0.74 m
- Representative weight
- 42 kg
Average Gray Wolf · Size infographic
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Sources and measurement33 References
Dimensions were cross-checked against independent sources before publication.
Measurement basis
Length runs from nose tip to tail tip; height is measured at the shoulder in a neutral standing pose.