Grey wolf
A grey wolf is a social wild canine that lives and hunts in packs.
1.2 mBody lengthLife in proportion
Grey wolf vs Dog
What are they, and what does the difference actually look like?
Two things. One honest scale.
Meet the pair
What these two things are
Dog
A dog is a domesticated mammal with breeds that vary greatly in body shape and size.
80 cmBody lengthGrey wolf has about 1.5 times the body length of Dog.
Both marked spans share one linear scale. Artwork keeps its proportions; poses and surface detail are illustrative.
Measurements, assumptions & sources +
Grey wolf
A chosen 1.2 m body and 40 kg mass.
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.
Dog
Defined example; real examples vary. The 20 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.
Change the comparison
Put something else beside it.
Measurement details
Why these numbers?
The visual compares body length with body length. The records below preserve each value’s basis and caveats.
Grey wolf
1.2 mBody length · defined specimen
A chosen 1.2 m body and 40 kg mass.
Dog
80 cmBody length · example
Defined example; real examples vary. The 20 kg mass is an explicit assumption, not a species average or product specification.
- Comparing
- Body length ↔ Body length
- Relative size
- Grey wolf is larger on this measurement by a factor of about 1.5. Grey wolf's selected measurement is approximately 50% greater than Dog's.
How to read the visual
The labelled spans and stored measurements determine the scale; unmeasured illustration details do not.
- Grey wolf: Nose-to-rump reference span; tail excluded. Poses and unmeasured details remain representative.
- Dog: Nose-to-rump reference span; tail excluded. Poses and unmeasured details remain representative.
There’s always another scale
Follow your curiosity.
Living thingsGrey wolf1.2 mA grey wolf is a social wild canine that lives and hunts in packs.Living thingsDog80 cmA dog is a domesticated mammal with breeds that vary greatly in body shape and size.
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
Another point of view.
