How big does a Eastern cottontail get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) reaches an average size of 37.2 cm (1′ 3″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 9 years, they grow from 34 grams (0.07 lbs) to 1.21 kg (2.67 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Eastern cottontails have 4 babies about 4 times per year. The Eastern cottontail (genus: Sylvilagus) is a member of the family Leporidae.
As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.
The eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) is a New World cottontail rabbit, a member of the family Leporidae. It is the most common rabbit species in North America.
Animals of the same family as a Eastern cottontail
We found other animals of the Leporidae family:
- Sumatran striped rabbit with a size of 37.7 cm (1′ 3″)
- White-sided jackrabbit with a size of 48.8 cm (1′ 8″)
- Omilteme cottontail with a size of 39.2 cm (1′ 4″)
- Abyssinian hare bringing 2.02 kilos (4.45 lbs) to the scale
- Black-tailed jackrabbit with a size of 48.4 cm (1′ 8″)
- Burmese hare bringing 2.27 kilos (5 lbs) to the scale
- Mexican cottontail with a size of 43.5 cm (1′ 6″)
- Tehuantepec jackrabbit with a size of 54.9 cm (1′ 10″)
- Manchurian hare with 2 babies per litter
- Mountain cottontail with a size of 32.4 cm (1′ 1″)
Animals with the same size as a Eastern cottontail
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Eastern cottontail:
- Potto with a size of 32 cm (1′ 1″)
- Golden-backed uakari with a size of 40 cm (1′ 4″)
- Western barred bandicoot with a size of 30 cm (1′ 0″)
- Dice’s cottontail with a size of 37.4 cm (1′ 3″)
- Short-tailed chinchilla with a size of 30.5 cm (1′ 1″)
- Plush-coated ringtail possum with a size of 33.3 cm (1′ 2″)
- Red-bellied titi with a size of 35.8 cm (1′ 3″)
- Smith’s red rock hare with a size of 43.8 cm (1′ 6″)
- Spotted giant flying squirrel with a size of 39.8 cm (1′ 4″)
- Pale fox with a size of 43 cm (1′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Eastern cottontail
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a Eastern cottontail:
- Long-clawed ground squirrel
- Great gerbil
- Alexander’s kusimanse
- Greater hamster-rat
- Steppe lemming
- Gray four-eyed opossum
- Hairy-tailed bolo mouse
- Nolthenius’s long-tailed climbing mouse
- Blanford’s jerboa
- Plains pocket mouse
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Eastern cottontail
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Eastern cottontail:
- Common ringtail possum with an average maximal age of 8 years
- Plantain squirrel with an average maximal age of 9.58 years
- Rafinesque’s big-eared bat with an average maximal age of 10.08 years
- Boodie with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Bengal fox with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Pacarana with an average maximal age of 9.33 years
- Least weasel with an average maximal age of 10 years
- White-tailed jackrabbit with an average maximal age of 8 years
- Greater musky fruit bat with an average maximal age of 8 years
- Northern treeshrew with an average maximal age of 10 years
Animals with the same weight as a Eastern cottontail
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sylvilagus floridanus:
- Grizzled giant squirrel with a weight of 1.33 kilos (2.93 lbs)
- Banded palm civet with a weight of 1.27 kilos (2.8 lbs)
- Black flying squirrel with a weight of 1.19 kilos (2.62 lbs)
- Giant golden-crowned flying fox with a weight of 1.09 kilos (2.4 lbs)
- Blanford’s fox bringing 994 grams to the scale
- Black-footed cat with a weight of 1.36 kilos (3 lbs)
- Lesser grison with a weight of 1 kilos (2.2 lbs)
- Rio Mayo titi bringing 992 grams to the scale
- Nabarlek with a weight of 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs)
- Herbert River ringtail possum with a weight of 1.1 kilos (2.43 lbs)