Well actually, I couldn't find my proper button because ... I think Dirox is too tall!
lolol
I don't think that they are too short because they are people of the woods who are supposed to blend in with nature and it would be normal for the survival of their fittest to be the smallest and least noticed, until too late. Also survival of the greatest bowyers.
My hubby Cain also said it could also be form a low calcium diet ... hunter/gatherers in forests don't come acrost much calcium enriched food.
But I think it's similar to Nords & Bretons. Everytime I play a Nord for awhile and then switch to a Breton, I feel that they are really too short. But it's all in perspective you know & the game would be more boring if all the races were too similar.
My vote.