Girth Comparaison of Animals

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http://shaggygod.proboards.com/thread/674 
 
www.wildlife.state.nm.us/publications/documents/NMBearStudy.pdf
Of 55 adult males and 55 adult females from Yellowstone National Park (YNP), average body 
measurements and weights were: total length 1.643 m, 1.511 m; height 95.2 cm, 87.4 cm; girth 
130.5 cm, 114.6 cm; neck circumference 78.6 cm, 65.4 cm; length of head 41.7 cm, 37.8 cm; 
length of hind foot 189 mm, 163 mm; and width of hind foot 136 mm, 118 mm; mean adult mass 
193 kg, 135 kg (Pasitschniak-Arts 1993). The largest grizzly bear weighed in the Greater 
Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) registered 509 kg (Craighead 1979). 
Source:
www.bearbiology.com/fileadmin/tpl/Downloads/URSUS/Vol_7/Blanchard_Vol_7.pdf
The 
largest adult male measured 241 cm long (measure- 
ment A, Fig. 1), 117 cm at the shoulder ©, 95 cm 
around the neck (D), and had a hind foot pad 170 
mm wide (K) and 216 mm long (L). The largest 
female was 193 cm long (A), 103 cm at the shoulder 
©, 74 cm around the neck (D), and had a hind foot 
135 mm wide (K) and 190 mm long (L).  
...weight - 1,122 pounds.
...length - 7 feet 11 inches.
...sh. height - 3 feet 10 inches.
...neck girth - 37.4 inches.  Reply