Animals · #660 biggest of 1,014
How big is the platypus?
45 cm
The platypus measures 45 cm. That's about 5.26 credit cards lined up end to end.
By the numbers
- That's 45 cm, or about 17.7 inches.
- You'd need about 3.78 of them stacked up to reach the height of an average adult.
- Roughly 5.26 credit cards could line up across it.
- Out of all 1,014 things in this collection, it ranks #660 by size.
Size comparison
How platypus stacks up against things of a similar size. Tap any bar to explore it.
femur (thigh bone)
48.0 cm
trumpet
48.0 cm
house cat
46.0 cm
baking sheet
46.0 cm
platypus
45.0 cm
chicken
45.0 cm
desktop tower
45.0 cm
cockatoo
45.0 cm
doll
45.0 cm
Bars use a logarithmic scale so everything fits — real differences are even more extreme!
Fun fact
You could line up roughly 3.78 of them along the height of an average person.
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