Lion
A lion is a large African cat that lives in social groups and preys on other mammals.
1.9 mBody lengthLife in proportion
Lion vs Tiger
What are they, and what does the difference actually look like?
Two things. One honest scale.
Meet the pair
What these two things are
Tiger
A tiger is a solitary wild cat with a striped coat, native to Asia.
2.1 mBody lengthTiger has about 1.11 times the body length of Lion.
Both marked spans share one linear scale. Artwork keeps its proportions; poses and surface detail are illustrative.
Measurements, assumptions & sources +
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.
Tiger
A chosen 2.1 m body and 220 kg adult. Subspecies and sex matter.
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.
Lion
1.9 mBody length · defined specimen
A chosen 1.9 m body, excluding tail, and 180 kg adult male.
Tiger
2.1 mBody length · defined specimen
A chosen 2.1 m body and 220 kg adult. Subspecies and sex matter.
- Comparing
- Body length ↔ Body length
- Relative size
- Tiger is larger on this measurement by a factor of about 1.11. Tiger's selected measurement is approximately 10.5% greater than Lion's.
How to read the visual
The labelled spans and stored measurements determine the scale; unmeasured illustration details do not.
- Lion: Nose-to-rump reference span; tail excluded. Poses and unmeasured details remain representative.
- Tiger: Nose-to-rump reference span; tail excluded. Poses and unmeasured details remain representative.
There’s always another scale
Follow your curiosity.
Living thingsLion1.9 mA lion is a large African cat that lives in social groups and preys on other mammals.Living thingsTiger2.1 mA tiger is a solitary wild cat with a striped coat, native to Asia.
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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