how is a Pokémon's height measured?

all Pokémon's dex entries has height and weight. but how is a Pokémon's height actually measured? from what to what? some Pokémon have things above their head (e.g. Meganium) some are quadruped (walk on all fours) some are bipedal (walk on two feet) and some are capable of both (e.g. Typhlosion) and not to mention some Pokémon have things on their body away from their head that stick out higher than their head (e.g. the wings of Black Kyurem) because of some Pokémon's odd shape or design it is really hard to know what 10 feet really means! so how is Pokémon's official height measured?

I always assumed it was like how it was in Hoenn and Sinnoh. They're measured in comparison to their trainers.

I read somewhere once that serpentine Pokemon were measured from head to tail, not height. Interesting factoid!

Toujours said:

I read somewhere once that serpentine Pokemon were measured from head to tail, not height. Interesting factoid!

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This is probably how they measured serpentine Pokemon such as Arbok and Milotic.

But yeah, pretty unusual way to measure a Pokemon's height.

Some of these Pokémon don't look as tall or as short as they seem. When I look at the height and weight of some, I say "they can't be that small, can they?".

I think that they are measured head to tail, but tbh idk.

I think that the Profs use a thing like the device which can measure both your weight and your height that there is in the pharmacy, like this: