It is hard to guess what a Jameson’s red rock hare weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Jameson’s red rock hare (Pronolagus randensis) on average weights 2.38 kg (5.24 lbs).
The Jameson’s red rock hare is from the family Leporidae (genus: Pronolagus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 45.9 cm (1′ 7″). Usually, Jameson’s red rock hares have 1 babies per litter.
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
Jameson’s red rock hare (Pronolagus randensis) is a leporid found only on the continent of Africa, mostly in the southern portion of the continent. South Africa has a population of this red rock hare but it is only found in the northwestern part of the country. Botswana also has a population in the Tswapong Hills. Zimbabwe and Namibia are thought to have the largest populations of the red rock hare and it is said to be found throughout both countries.
Animals of the same family as a Jameson’s red rock hare
We found other animals of the Leporidae family:
- Manchurian hare bringing 1.84 kilos (4.06 lbs) to the scale
- Yarkand hare bringing 1.47 kilos (3.24 lbs) to the scale
- Ethiopian highland hare bringing 2.77 kilos (6.11 lbs) to the scale
- Omilteme cottontail bringing 3 kilos (6.61 lbs) to the scale
- Pygmy rabbit with a weight of 437 grams
- European rabbit bringing 1.59 kilos (3.51 lbs) to the scale
- Mexican cottontail bringing 2.49 kilos (5.49 lbs) to the scale
- San José brush rabbit with a size of 29.4 cm (1′ 0″)
- Tehuantepec jackrabbit bringing 3 kilos (6.61 lbs) to the scale
- Hainan hare bringing 1.52 kilos (3.35 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Jameson’s red rock hare
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Pronolagus randensis:
- Greater bamboo lemur with a weight of 2.03 kilos (4.48 lbs)
- Spectacled hare-wallaby with a weight of 2.82 kilos (6.22 lbs)
- Rio Tapajós saki with a weight of 2.31 kilos (5.09 lbs)
- Stripe-necked mongoose with a weight of 2.38 kilos (5.25 lbs)
- Swift fox with a weight of 2.11 kilos (4.65 lbs)
- Red lemur with a weight of 2.39 kilos (5.27 lbs)
- Sand cat with a weight of 2.82 kilos (6.22 lbs)
- Small-toothed palm civet with a weight of 2.32 kilos (5.11 lbs)
- Swamp rabbit with a weight of 2.14 kilos (4.72 lbs)
- Japanese hare with a weight of 2.53 kilos (5.58 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Jameson’s red rock hare
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Jameson’s red rock hare:
- Silky cuscus with a size of 41.2 cm (1′ 5″)
- Groundhog with a size of 41.4 cm (1′ 5″)
- Snowshoe hare with a size of 42.4 cm (1′ 5″)
- Black-footed ferret with a size of 39.7 cm (1′ 4″)
- De Brazza’s monkey with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- Crested mona monkey with a size of 45.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- Pale fox with a size of 43 cm (1′ 5″)
- Bat-eared fox with a size of 53.8 cm (1′ 10″)
- Ground pangolin with a size of 48.9 cm (1′ 8″)
- Smith’s red rock hare with a size of 43.8 cm (1′ 6″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Jameson’s red rock hare
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Jameson’s red rock hare: