How big does a Brush rabbit get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Brush rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani) reaches an average size of 30.4 cm (1′ 0″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 716 grams (1.58 lbs). On birth they have a weight of 27 grams (0.06 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Brush rabbits have 3 babies about 4 times per year. The Brush rabbit (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 brush rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani), or western brush rabbit, or Californian brush rabbit, is a species of cottontail rabbit found in western coastal regions of North America, from the Columbia River in Oregon to the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula. Its range extends as far east as the eastern sides of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade mountain ranges.
Animals of the same family as a Brush rabbit
We found other animals of the Leporidae family:
- Granada hare with a size of 45.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- Natal red rock hare with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- New England cottontail with a size of 36.3 cm (1′ 3″)
- Burmese hare bringing 2.27 kilos (5 lbs) to the scale
- Tolai hare with 2 babies per litter
- Arctic hare with a size of 57.2 cm (1′ 11″)
- Bunyoro rabbit with a size of 47 cm (1′ 7″)
- Korean hare with a size of 46.5 cm (1′ 7″)
- Alaskan hare with a size of 57.6 cm (1′ 11″)
- Robust cottontail with a size of 39.4 cm (1′ 4″)
Animals with the same size as a Brush rabbit
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Brush rabbit:
- New Guinean quoll with a size of 26.9 cm (0′ 11″)
- Bengal mongoose with a size of 30.8 cm (1′ 1″)
- Livingstone’s fruit bat with a size of 34 cm (1′ 2″)
- Hispaniolan solenodon with a size of 30.6 cm (1′ 1″)
- Atlantic titi with a size of 36.2 cm (1′ 3″)
- European polecat with a size of 35.9 cm (1′ 3″)
- Eastern lesser bamboo lemur with a size of 33.5 cm (1′ 2″)
- Rakali with a size of 27.5 cm (0′ 11″)
- Western barred bandicoot with a size of 30 cm (1′ 0″)
- Greater grison with a size of 25.7 cm (0′ 11″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Brush rabbit
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Brush rabbit:
- Heermann’s kangaroo rat
- Kashmir flying squirrel
- Northern mole vole
- Ochre mole-rat
- Russian desman
- Dark-tailed tree rat
- Coast mole
- Northern three-toed jerboa
- Common punaré
- Emin’s gerbil
Animals with the same weight as a Brush rabbit
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sylvilagus bachmani:
- European hedgehog bringing 789 grams to the scale
- Eastern lowland olingo bringing 620 grams to the scale
- Striped polecat bringing 812 grams to the scale
- Forest giant squirrel bringing 630 grams to the scale
- Stump-tailed porcupine bringing 832 grams to the scale
- Black-tailed prairie dog bringing 797 grams to the scale
- Cuban solenodon bringing 806 grams to the scale
- Nancy Ma’s night monkey bringing 791 grams to the scale
- Western woolly lemur bringing 828 grams to the scale
- Milne-Edwards’ sportive lemur bringing 822 grams to the scale