Cat
A cat is a small domesticated mammal with a flexible body, retractable claws and highly developed senses.
46 cmBody lengthLife in proportion
Cat vs Lion
What are they, and what does the difference actually look like?
Two things. One honest scale.
Meet the pair
What these two things are
Lion
A lion is a large African cat that lives in social groups and preys on other mammals.
1.9 mBody lengthLion has about 4.13 times the body length of Cat.
Both marked spans share one linear scale. Artwork keeps its proportions; poses and surface detail are illustrative.
Measurements, assumptions & sources +
Cat
Defined example; real examples vary. The 4 kg mass is an explicit assumption, not a species average or product specification.
Nose-to-rump reference span; tail excluded. Poses and unmeasured details remain representative.
Defined examples — our methodology
The marked body length is calibrated. Unmeasured illustration details are representative.
Lion
A chosen 1.9 m body, excluding tail, and 180 kg adult male.
Nose-to-rump reference span; tail excluded. Poses and unmeasured details remain representative.
Defined examples — our methodology
The marked body length is calibrated. Unmeasured illustration details are representative.
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Measurement details
Why these numbers?
The visual compares body length with body length. The records below preserve each value’s basis and caveats.
Cat
46 cmBody length · example
Defined example; real examples vary. The 4 kg mass is an explicit assumption, not a species average or product specification.
Lion
1.9 mBody length · defined specimen
A chosen 1.9 m body, excluding tail, and 180 kg adult male.
- Comparing
- Body length ↔ Body length
- Relative size
- Lion is larger on this measurement by a factor of about 4.13. Lion's selected measurement is approximately 313% greater than Cat's.
How to read the visual
The labelled spans and stored measurements determine the scale; unmeasured illustration details do not.
- Cat: Nose-to-rump reference span; tail excluded. Poses and unmeasured details remain representative.
- Lion: Nose-to-rump reference span; tail excluded. Poses and unmeasured details remain representative.
There’s always another scale
Follow your curiosity.
Living thingsCat46 cmA cat is a small domesticated mammal with a flexible body, retractable claws and highly developed senses.Living thingsLion1.9 mA lion is a large African cat that lives in social groups and preys on other mammals.
Living thingsHoneybee1.5 cmA honeybee is a social insect that lives in a colony and gathers nectar and pollen from flowers.
PeopleHuman1.75 mA human is a primate of the species Homo sapiens, distinguished by habitual upright walking, language and complex tool use.
Living thingsAfrican elephant3.3 mAn African elephant is a large plant-eating mammal recognised by its trunk, tusks and broad ears.
Living thingsBlue whale25 mA blue whale is a baleen whale that feeds by filtering small animals from seawater.Side by side
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